Our strength, the rock and refuge of our souls!
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"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever!" Psalm 73:26
God in Christ—is the believer's rock. The rock . . .
on which he builds his hopes,
where he secures his treasures,
where he finds safety, and
on which he stands unmoved and firm, amidst storms and tempests.
God is the strength—or 'strengthened' his heart; which He does by . . .
the promises He has given,
the prospects which He unfolds,
the foretastes of glory which He imparts, and
by the exercise of the graces which He produces.
Apart from God—the Christian is weakness itself!
In union with God—he is stronger than all his foes!
If God is the strength of our hearts—then we . . .
exercise confidence in Him,
renounce all dependence on any besides Him,
and go in all our weaknesses to Him.
If God is our strength—then we can have . . .
no ground for fear,
no occasion to doubt,
no reason to look into the future with foreboding.
If God is our strength—then . . .
He will never fail us,
Satan will never overcome us,
the world will never conquer us,
nor will any of the billows of affliction overwhelm us!
O to realize that God is our strength, the rock and refuge of our souls!
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