Strength, in the face of hopelessness

In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides]. Ephesians 6:10 AMPC

Few Lessons:
1. In the face of current realities, it is becoming increasingly difficult not to have a Plan B or a second opinion. Not a Plan B in terms of investment or income, but a Plan B in respect of help and support. Salaries no longer cover needs, family needs do not follow any known pattern and the economy has defied all known logical solutions. Is it possible to look only to God, in these very odd times?

2. God asks me to be strong in Him alone. I must depend on God alone, to the exclusion of all others. I must seek God alone for strength, sustenance and support, even when everything around me is going to pieces. Things will test your faith, circumstances will test your stand, situations will test your convictions. If there was no potential trouble ahead, God would not warn me to stand firm in Him. Like it has been said, it is not when trouble comes that your reaction is determined, but in the days when things seem to be going well. If you do not have convictions when you have all you need, you will definitely not have any when trouble comes.

3. Your strength must be in God alone. Isn't it amazing how we allow men to deceive us, by offering us placebos and palliatives that cannot help us? A man takes something that has been created, says a few things and gives you as protection, or as your source of wealth. Nobody considers that anything created, no matter how powerful or connected, can ever be greater than the One who created it. Why chase after the temporary appeal of the created, when you have all the power, strength, support, protection and provision that the Creator of the whole universe can give you? His might is boundless, his wisdom is beyond searching out, his understanding is unfathomable, his love is beyond searching out. That is just a tip of the greatness and power available to you when you make God your one and only option. His time of favour is here.