Feeling weak and droopy?

Praise: A God of Justice. "Lord, I praise and magnify You, who is 'just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.'" (Romans 3:26)

Scripture: "Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed." (Heb 12:12-13) One problem of reading extracts like this is that you're not always mindful of what has gone before. This would be especially important when your test begins with the word 'therefore'. What has gone before is part of the reason or motivation for what is about to come. So what was the writer talking about? Just this, we are involved in a struggle, within, that will call for endurance. But God as our Father is there to support us in his love, and this will inevitably involve some measure of discipline. This is good for us and ultimately the most loving thing to do. It is unpleasant, but it is what bears fruit in our lives.

'Therefore' we also have a responsibility in this. We do tend to 'droop', at times we feel weak, we are in need of healing and without the right choices, things could get even worse for us.Weak knees are one thing but a dislocated hip is quite another. But let us not become complacent and think that we are immune from these realities. We have the power within to 'gird up our loins' so to speak. We must learn to 'walk in the Spirit' as Paul would put it - understanding that that is both a new power that comes to us through the Spirit (our oneness with God), but also wisdom to make good (healthy) choices in life - to stay on the right path, to overcome the temptation that we face daily to step away from the path of righteousness. Our own flesh and the devil continually bombard us with this temptation but Jesus creates new possibilities and new realities to us. Let us learn to cooperate with the work of the Spirit, however that is mediated to us, so we shall be healed/saved.

Prayer: Pray that generosity and abundant provision would flow in our lives and communities, that we might give to those in need and provide for the work of the kingdom. Thanks God that he is able to do immeasurably more than we could imagine, according to His power that is at work within us.