Daily devotion – muscles
“…..but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.” – Daniel 11:32
There are 629 muscles in the human body. As a child we develop muscle through exercise. Only when our muscles encounter resistance, do they become stronger!
In the very same way, the Bible tells us that we only become stronger spiritually through exercise – through using our spiritual “muscles” to meet the challenges of life. This is especially true when we face suffering and affliction, for they are one of God’s ways to make us strong.
One reason God allows suffering to come to us , the Bible says, is to discipline, chasten and shape us.
In the last essay he wrote before he died, C.S Lewis penned these words – “We have no right to happiness; only an obligation to do our duty.” Sometimes God’s will for our lives will include suffering. When it does, ask God to teach you through it!
Remember the Psalmists words – “Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord.” Psalm 94:12.
So many professed followers of Jesus Christ spend their days murmuring and complaining just like the children of Israel did on that great exodus for over 40 years.
God is calling for believers today to be like David, and when a Goliath appears, to run to the battle in courage with the knowledge that the God whose hand spans the universe is before you and it is He who will bring the giant down before us.
But He has designed it so that the battle is won requiring the willing small hands of a young shepherd boy who would pick up the stones needed for the victory.
This week let us not murmur nor complain, but let us be one like David ready to take on the giants that God has called us to overcome in His strength.