GO IN THE STRENGTH YOU HAVE

I was praying to Heavenly Father, and requested that He would strengthen me where I'm weak. Sometimes I just feel unqualified. I want to do the will of God for my life but sometimes it seems like I am unfit for the role. 

He sent two preachers to give me the same exact word… "Go in the strength you have." I found the Scripture in my Bible app.

Judges 6:14 (BSB) The LORD turned to him (Gideon) and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”

Gideon was having the same problem I had — he felt unqualified to do what God was calling him to do. But as Gideon moved forward, God was always there with him, to strengthen him for the challenges he faced and he defeated the Midianites and they were no longer a threat to Israel.

The apostle Paul said, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

One of those preachers said, that God will sometimes let us be sifted so that we don't take the lion strength in us to be pride in us. We need to recognize our vulnerability, so we can see the strength of God in us doing mighty works.

Peter was tested in this same way. And afterward he wept bitterly at his failure, and saw that he too needed the power of God working through him, not his own heroics. (Story is found in Matt. 26:31-35, 69-75.)

Now go in the strength that you have, and God will be with you.

To God be the glory.

Dee Richardson, Voice of the Dove †