His Strength is Perfect!

On my ride to work this morning, I thought of the journey before me today. I recognized it would be an extra long day, not just work wise, but the many responsibilities that had been set aside to accomplish today were many and I wondered how I would get them done. I wanted to have joy in all I did today because the truth was that I was not feeling great and being feeling physically drained made me wonder how I could still be a blessing to so many waiting for my help today.

As if on cue with my thoughts, an old Steven Curtis Chapman song, “His Strength is perfect”, entered my thoughts and I felt myself singing along the chorus:

His strength is perfect when our strength is gone

He'll carry us when we can't carry on

Raised in His power, the weak become strong

His strength is perfect, His strength is perfect.

As I focused on the words, “His strength” I immediately began to remember scripture verses where God promises to provide the strength and the grace for each moment in our journey. I closed my eyes to meditate on those verses that I knew were deep in my heart and I invited them to come whisper into the tiredness and aches of my body. I whispered a prayer and asked the Lord to be with me at work all the way to the end of my day.

II Corinthians 12:9

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

His grace and His strength were made available to me in that moment by just remembering and grabbing hold of His promises. In quietly admitting to myself that I could not do it on my own, I was able to just lean on Him and trust His presence with me all day.

II Samuel 22:33

God is my strength and power, And He makes my way perfect.

As I chose to see God as my strength, I truly became encouraged to not only see that I could make it at that moment but that God would make the rest of my day with my many tasks and responsibilities perfect with His help. I choose today to believe that no matter what I face that the Lord has chosen to not only walk with me but to pour into me what I need to keep going because His strength is perfect in my weakness.

By Angeline Duran Santiago