*Text: Eph. 3: 16*
“I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit” (NKJV)
Physical strength is good because it gives us ability to work. And the bible commands that he that does not work must not eat (2 Thess. 3: 10). Physical strength helps us to move around and to live an effective and an impactful life. Weakness is the absence of strength and it is not something that is desirable. When someone is physically weak, such a person lacks physical strength and oftentimes such people become a liability, an additional burden to those who are physically strong.
Apart from physical strength we also have emotional strength and this promotes mental stability and also stability of the mind. Emotional strength helps people to remain calm in frightful and alarming situations. It helps one to remain rational, clear headed and in control with ability to take necessary decisions in moments of great unrest and fear. For instance when the COVID 19 pandemic broke out early this year, it created a lot of panic and fear and many lost ability to think rationally and to take necessary decisions that will help them and their families navigate their way through the pandemic, some became hospitalized and died not because they were infected with the virus but due to fear which led to depression and high blood pressure for some. Emotionally strong people will fare better in such situations compared to those who are weak emotionally.
Beyond physical and emotional strength however is what our text today describes as inner strength and a more common word for that is spiritual strength. Physical strength is good, emotional strength is better but spiritual strength is best. One of the reason for this is because spiritual strength is God-given, that is, it is from above and that which is from above is above all (John 3: 31). Spiritual strength is a measure or a dose of God’s strength made available to men. It is physical strength and emotional strength combined together and much more. It is a necessary attribute that we must have if we are going to be able to successfully take our stand against the devil, the world and the flesh because its primary purpose is to empower us to do just that.
Do you feel as though the devil, the world and the flesh has formed a collabo, a satanic trinity of some sort against your life? Are you heavily under pressure from the devil, the world and flesh to compromise your faith and to embrace unrighteousness in one form or another? The strength you need to overcome is not without, it is within and it is fully available to you as long as you are a child of God.
Stand in the place of prayer therefore child of God and place a demand for this inner strength, God makes it available to you through His Spirit that dwells within you and your victory is sure. Shalom.
Prayer Points
1. Father thank you that as your child I am not weak, because you have made inner strength available to me.
2. Father thank you for the physical and the emotional strength that is available to me through this inner strength.
3. Father, Samson was a man of extra-ordinary strength but at some point due to sin , he lost his strength, I will never lose my inner strength, it will never fail in my life in Jesus name
4. Father with this inner strength, I take my stand against the devil and his agents, they will not prevail over me anymore in Jesus name
5. Father by reason of this inner strength, I stand faith, I stand in righteousness and I maintain my stand as your child to the end of my life’s journey in Jesus name. Amen
