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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.
We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.
2 Corinthians 4:7, 9b (NLT)
This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.
I’ve never been a big boxing fan but one thing I will say is that good boxers know how to take a punch. The best ones can get knocked down but they find a way to get back up and keep going in. They may have struck down but they are far from struck out.
Sometimes I feel like my life has been a bit of a boxing match. Maybe you can relate.
During times of challenge, I have taken multiple jabs and punches, sometimes one after the other. These repeated strikes have often left me staggering, off balance and ready to collapse. But in those times, I found the strength to stand up and persevere, a strength that was far from my own, I assure you.
You see, like a good boxer has someone in their corner, there to encourage them and urge them on to reach down deep and find additional power to continue in the fight, we have our Lord with us. He is for us and as the psalmist writes, He is our very present help in times of trouble (Psalm 46:1).
And even when life might knock us off our feet, He picks us up, dusts us off, and helps us get back into the fray, sustained by His power and might. Indeed, no adversary can destroy is with the Lord on our side.
The Apostle Paul knew this all too well and hoped to encourage the Corinthian Christians to persevere through the difficulties they faced as an early church. His words continue to encourage believers today.
So no matter what you are going through, know you are strong despite your vulnerabilities, made strong by the same God who has filled you with His Spirit, light, and knowledge.
You may find yourself, “pressed on every side by troubles” but the Lord will never allow you to be crushed.
You may get to a place of perplexion and confusion but the Lord will never permit you to be “driven to despair.”
Those who oppose your Christianity can hunt you down and persecute you, but the Lord will never abandon you. He will always be with you and for you.
And as we have seen today, life might knock us down at times but we serve a Lord who is always in our corner, ready to pick us up and help us persevere and move forward. He will never allow us to be destroyed.
My prayer is that all of us who are Jesus believers can be empowered by these assurances from our scriptures and encouraged despite our fragility.
Amen.
In Christ,
Mark
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