I am the Almighty God.
—Genesis 17:1
When Abraham heard these words, he fell on his face. God spoke to him and filled his heart with faith in what God would do for him.
O Christian, have you bowed in deep humility before God until you felt that you were in living contact with the Almighty; until your heart had been filled with the faith that almighty God is working in you and will perfect His work in you?
Read in the Psalms how believers gloried in God and in His strength: “I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength” (Psalm 18:1); “God is the strength of my heart” (Psalm 73:26); “The Lord is the strength of my life” (Psalm 27:1); “It is God that girdeth me with strength” (Psalm 18:32); “God is our refuge and strength” (Psalm 46:1). Take hold of these words, and take time to adore God as the Almighty One, your strength.
Christ taught us that salvation is the work of God, and impossible for man. When the disciples asked, “Who then can be saved?” (Matthew 19:25), His answer was, “With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible” (verse 26). If we firmly believe this, we will have courage to believe that God is working in us all that is well pleasing in His sight.
Remember how Paul prayed for the Ephesians, that through the enlightening of the Spirit they might know “the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power” (Ephesians 1:19). For the Colossians he prayed that they might be “strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power” (Colossians 1:11). When a person fully believes that the mighty power of God is working unceasingly within him, he can joyfully say, “The Lord is the strength of my life” (Psalm 27:1).
Do you wonder why many Christians complain of weakness and shortcomings? They do not understand that the almighty God must work in them every hour of the day. That is the secret of the true life of faith.
Do not rest until you can say to God, “I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength” (Psalm 18:1). Let God have complete possession of you, and you will be able to say with all God’s people, “For Thou art the glory of their strength” (Psalm 89:17).