Strong in God's strength
Our power and strength have limits. Our strength is no match for an Omnipotent God. So why do we continue on as if we have it all together? God brings us to situations where we realize our utter dependence on Him. Not to humiliate us, but to strengthen us! Once we realize just how weak we are - powerless to change certain parameters of our lives - that is when, if we have any sense at all, we turn to Christ for help. They say there are no atheists in a nose-diving plane! But we don't even have to wait for such a dire circumstance to come to our senses. We can choose Christ here and now. The apostle Paul was a brilliant man. Yet once he met Christ, he was forever "ruined," if you will, to ever believe in himself to any extent again. That's what happens when we encounter the living God for ourselves. We are undone. Who can stand against Omnipotence? No one! So what does this type of all out surrender look like? Well, in Paul's life, he became an unstoppabl