Sunday, October 25, 2009

Strength to Obey

A Puritan prayer (from The Valley of Vision) expresses an important truth very well:  
Every new duty calls for more grace than I now possess, but not more than is found in You.
We must endeavor to perform the greatest duties, being fully persuaded that in ourselves we have no strength for the least.  We must be ready to obey every command, no matter how difficult or how far beyond our own strength, looking to God for the necessary grace.  What God requires of us is not proportioned to the strength we possess, but to the power that is available to us in Christ.  What God commands us to do, He will give us the grace to do.   

No comments: