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Strength for Today, April 29
As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Deuteronomy 33:25
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I thank the Lord for the assurance of His grace, that is for His people
now, today.... The promise is not that we will have strength today for
a future emergency, that anticipated future trouble will be provided for
beforehand, before it comes to us. We may, if we walk by faith, expect
strength and provision for us as fast as our circumstances demand it. We
live by faith, not by sight. The Lord’s arrangement is for us to ask Him
for the very things that we need. The grace of tomorrow will not be given
today. Men’s necessity is God’s opportunity.... The grace of God is never
given to be squandered, to be misapplied or perverted, or to be left to rust
with disuse....
While you are bearing daily responsibilities in the love and fear of
God, as obedient children walking in all humility of mind, strength and
wisdom from God will be given to meet every trying circumstance.
We will not be able to meet the trials of this time without God. We
are not to have the courage and fortitude of martyrs of old until brought
into the position they were in.... We are to receive daily supplies of grace
for each daily emergency. Thus we grow in grace and in the knowledge
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and if persecution comes upon us, if we must be
enclosed in prison walls for the faith of Jesus and the keeping of God’s
holy law, “As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” Should there be a return
of persecution there would be grace given to arouse every energy of the
soul to show a true heroism....
We are to keep close to the Source of our strength day by day, and
when the enemy comes in like a flood the Spirit of the Lord lifts up
a standard for us against the enemy. The promise of God is sure, that
strength shall be proportioned to our day. We may be confident for the
future only in the strength that is given for the present necessities. The
experience in God is daily becoming more precious.... Do not borrow
anxiety for the future. It is today that we are in need.... The Lord is our
helper, our God, and our strength in every time of need.
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