Be strong…
Most of us have heard other people’s advice: “Be strong”! We usually get such advice when we are in difficult or even impossible situation in our lives. I heard people say that to me, when I was battling cancer. But how do you do that? How can you be strong in such situations? Fact is, that I can’t just add a notch to increase my strength despite all my own efforts. There is a limit of physical and mental strength that we all have. Despite all our efforts in training ourselves, an invisible barrier remains for all of us.
Have you ever watched top performing athletes or teams in sports who have the name of champions, but then can’t overcome a certain barrier and lose out to others? It’s not that they did not have the will to win, but they came across an invisible barrier, that they could not overcome.

..in the Lord
This why Paul, the Apostle advised us to “be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might”. (Ephesians 6:10) There is no limit to His power, as He is the supreme creator of the whole universe. All things were created by Him and for Him! (Colossians 1:16) His wisdom and His power are without limits. If we therefore find our refuge in Him, there is no limit to power and strength that is available to everyone of us who calls on Him. We can grow from strength to strength in the Lord and in the power of His might as we apply His Word of power upon our life and on every situation that we face. Remember, this is the same Word that created all things visible and invisible. In His Word the immense power of God is made manifest. And while heaven and earth will pass away, His Word will never pass away (Luke 21:33).

Christ lives in me!
Paul expressed his resolve, that he has let go of his old nature when he says: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2:20). Paul came to a point in his live, where he realized his own crippling limitations and resolved to transition from his own interest and power towards the interest and power of Christ. He discovered the limitless power in Christ and in His Word, that would be sufficient in all situations of his life. Once, when Paul faced the buffeting onslaught of Satan upon his live, he prayed to God to remove those attacks. But God answered in his prayer different from his expectations when He told him: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). We must understand that the grace of God is the substance of God himself that He graciously pours out into our lives. When we depend on His grace we live by His power, not our own. Therefore we can be weak as humans and yet be strong, because His grace is the substance of God in our lives. (2 Corinthians 12:10).
His grace is sufficient for you as well !