So here is my suggestion for growing in God’s strength. Memorize a few promises that are so universally applicable they will serve you in almost every situation where you face a task to be done “in the strength that God supplies.” Then as those tasks come, Admit you can’t do that on your own. Pray for the help you need. Then call to mind one of your memorized promises, and trust it—put your faith in it. Then act—believing that God is acting in your acting! Finally, when you are done, thank him.
10 Promises for Growing in God’s Strength
Here are 10 such promises to help you get started growing in God’s strength. Of these, the one I have used most often is Isaiah 41:10.
- “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10)
- “My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)
- “God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” (2 Corinthians 9:8)
- “‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’” (Hebrews 13:5-6)
- “The L??? God is a sun and shield; the L??? bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.” (Psalms 84:11)
- “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:32)
- “Surely goodness and mercy shall pursue me all the days of my life.” (Psalms 23:6)
- “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)
- “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)
- “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” (Psalms 50:15)
Growing in God’s strength means never ceasing to ponder Paul’s words: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). Not I. Yet I. By faith.
