God Knows My Name by Beth Redman

Author:Beth Redman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Inspirational
Publisher: David C Cook
Published: 2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

God Is My Helper

Come On, Girl—You Can Do It!

The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. (Ps. 118:14)

Life is tough. It is relentless. Human beings are pretty high maintenance, and survival can be exhausting at times. But we are called to do more than survive—we are called to thrive! So let’s run our race with perseverance, take up our cross, and follow Jesus, telling others about Him and living in a way that honors Him, serves Him, and gives glory to Him.

Sometimes, it can all seem to be a bit tiring, but He has shown us that He can be our strength—Christ in you is the hope of glory! We have hope! Christ is indeed in us, with us, available to us, and as Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” When we feel overwhelmed with all there is to do, prepare, pray about, forgive, lay down, take up, put on, deal with, wash, clean, and pay for, we can call on the Lord for strength to face the day!

Isaiah 40:31 tells us, “Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.” To “hope in” means to wait expectantly. Renew means literally “to exchange”—so the Bible tells us that as we hope in God, we exchange, renew, or change out our weakness, exhaustion, and inability into God’s strength. Isaiah then gets specific about how God strengthens us: “They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Here we have an amazing promise from God of complete supernatural strength and power to do His will. Eagles were known for their vigor, energy, and speed.

The Bible also uses the eagle as a picture of God carrying and protecting His people in Exodus 19:4: “You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.” A golden eagle’s average wingspan is six to seven and a half feet, and their wings are long and broad, enabling them to soar effectively. What a mighty picture of supernatural rescue! God says He comes from outside of our situation to carry us on wings like eagles, to a place of safety.

Isaiah 30:15 promises, “This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.’” As we meditate on these scriptures, we can exchange our exhaustion for His strength, our downheartedness for His hope, and our feelings of being overwhelmed for the knowledge that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

When you can’t do it, He can and He will!

Warriors and Angels

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. (Ps. 46:1)

When the Bible tells us that God is an ever-present help in times of trouble, it is literal in all circumstances in our lives today. We can know God as our helper for both comfort and growth.

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