Lazaroo – Tuesday, May 19, 2009
1 comment, May 19, 2009“He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(1 Corinthians 1:8)
I really needed to hear this today, Jesus.
At times I feel so weak.
No matter how hard I try, I come up short.
Why can’t I keep the promises I’ve made to You? Why can’t I live up to my own standards – let alone Yours?
I get so frustrated with myself!
And then I read this.
You are my strength. It is You who will keep me strong – not only for the rest of this day, week, month and year…
But all the way to the end.
Nor will I arrive on that final day of my journey as poor an excuse for a Christian as I am right now.
I will blameless.
Blameless???!!!
This I can’t wait to see.
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Mark 14:38; Romans 6:19-22; Psalms 31:9; Psalms 41:1; Psalms 72:13; Isaiah 40:29-31; Romans 8:3-11, 26; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Hebrews 4:15-16; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Peter 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 3:13
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Ken Ferry Says:
Wow! What a powerful promise. The Greek word translated “keep you strong” can also be translated, “make firm, establish, confirm, make sure,” and a variant is translated “make steadfast.” Today we might say, “set in concrete.”
And what a challenge! Stop trying and simply start being!
May 19, 2009, 8:25 am