Supernatural Strength for All Seasons this New Year

I will strengthen you and help you. (Isaiah 41:10)

As we embark on yet another new year, let these words from the prophet Isaiah both comfort you and challenge you each day as you hold fast to the truth that God will give you all the strength you need to go through every season of life. Let’s take a closer look.

First, notice who has given us this guarantee of strengthening: It is none other than God Himself. Omnipotence has promised us strength, and who would dare doubt such a guarantee? There is an endless, inexhaustible stream of strength in the Sovereign Lord, strength that is not in any way diminished when He gives us a portion of it. 

Next, notice that we are not told that there is a particular season in which we will be strengthened. Therefore, we must take this promise to mean that we will be given strength and help in all of them! God has promised to strengthen us in our seasons of successful service and He has promised to strengthen us in our seasons of sorrowful service. Regardless of the season we find ourselves in, we have this guarantee from the Lord God Omnipotent: I will strengthen you!

To be sure, this guarantee from God is a source of unimaginable comfort, but that’s not all! God’s promise is also a challenge to rise above any obstacle that stands in our way, since our strength does not come from within, but rather from above. Human weakness is no obstacle for divine strength. In fact, Paul tells us that when we are weak, our God is strong (2 Corinthians 12:10).

Regardless of what we are currently facing, God has promised to strengthen us.  

• The fearful are given courage.
• The doubting are given conviction.
• The lonely are given company.
• The weak are given confidence.
• The broken are given compassion.

These are just a few of the challenges we will face throughout life; through them all, God has promised to give us the strength we need to see them through.

So let me ask you a very important question right now: “What strength are you in short supply of today that would help you get through another year of life?” Fear not! Go to your Savior and cry out to Him . . .

Lord, please strengthen me supernaturally according to your Word!

This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!