I Am NOT Strong

 

I am Not Strong. 

I had this rude awakening the other morning. 

If you are new to this blog, then you may not know this, but I sometimes struggle mentally-strength wise. 

So, this blog is just not to assist, encourage and inspire you but it is also a great help to me.

I called this stagnant in my mental health a seasonal thing. Meaning that it regularly tries to come and overcome me, but I must admit that lately, I am getting a bit wiser and stronger to its attacks.

And before I move on, seasonal depression is something that should not be taken lightly. 

You shouldn't accept it, just because it happens.

Fight it until it is gone!

Anyway, so my little unwanted friend visits, and I always hate it. 

When people battle with these experiences it doesn't mean everything in our lives is necessarily bad or discouraging. It is more so to do with us and what we are allowing the enemy to get over on us. 

This is why I hate it. 

Because, why am I still going through something like this?

An encourager?

I am supposed to be stronger than this.

And I kid you not, the moment I utter that last line while laying down, I heard:

"You are not strong, I AM" 

I froze right where I was and pinned my mouth shut because that was no doubt the Truth speaking.

I am NOT strong, He is.

It's weird because of course God is stronger than me, so this should have already been downloaded for me, but that's the thing right. 

There are many things that we know God is and is able to do, yet we still try to do them on our own. 

Here I was too busy trying to draw on my own strength. Trying to fix myself, heal myself with my encouraging words, even fight on my own and lose because this wasn't my job.

It was not up to me to have this mighty strength to get through what I was going through.

It was up to Him. 

It is not up to us to have this mighty strength, it's up to Him. 

It's not up to us to draw on our own strength.

2 Corinthians 12:9 

"And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me"

Look at how that is phrased:

For His strength is made perfect in weakness.

It doesn't erase our weaknesses, we are still that. It doesn't say God gives us strength in our weakness. 

But it says His strength is perfected even while we stay fragile.

I'm here to tell you that we must stop drawing and depending on our ownself. 

God got us!

The moment we were born into Christ was the moment we gave Him free rein to fight our battles. He has the victory already.

When we try to do it all on our own that's when phrases like these:

 "I'm tired"

"I can't do this?"

"I've had enough" 

Come into play.

But, when we realize it is not our strength that we are depending on but His,  then tiredness eludes us. Fatigue and discouragement evade us.

We do not have to carry the load. It is not ours to bear.

Yes, it is our anxious minds.

Yes, it is our unhealthy body. 

Yes, it is our sin. 

But, God tells us plainly to cast these things on Him. He makes it clear that it is not ours to handle. 

We don't have to fight it on our own. We don't have to fear it anymore. 

Just give it to Him. Depend on Him. 

We are not strong, God is! 

And the minute we all realize it, we won't ever deal with all of these unnecessary emotions and stress. 

~TheRay