262 - The Lord is Our Strength

We get strength from the Holy Spirit as born-again believers, because God inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3). We experience His strength through the joy of the LORD. In the book of Exodus we read about the deliverance of the children of Israel from the tyranny of Pharaoh. After God brought them through the Red Sea and drowned Pharaoh's armies, " . . . Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying: 'I will sing to the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea! The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation . . .'" (Exodus 15:1-2a, NKJV‬). The LORD gave them victory, not through their own strength, but through His strength. As they were victorious, Jesus was also victorious and through faith in His grace, we share in His victory -- His strength! In 1 Samuel 2:1-10, we read the words of Hannah, who had miraculously conceived. She praises the LORD as being her strength. Also the Psalmist David praises the LORD for being His strength: "‭God is my strength and power, and He makes my way perfect" (2 Samuel 22:33, NKJV‬). And the prophets and leaders of the Old Testament proclaimed how their strength came from the Holy Spirit who was with them. They were empowered by the Lord being present with them. But listen, we are even better off than they were: Jesus Christ told us: " . . . I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever -- the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you" (John 14:15-17, NKJV‬). Since the LORD strengthened all these heroes of faith in the Old Testament, how much more should we acknowledge the strength we receive through the Holy Spirit. God actually lives in us! In this message I use Old and New Testament verses to bring out this truth. Selah!

Let me hear from you - Charles

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