Strength is when I admit I’m not strong. It’s just the opposite of the world’s way. The world will say, “You’ve got this. You can do it. You’re strong enough”. But when you can’t and you aren’t, you feel pressure to do it anyway so you have to fake it. And so the spiral of depression, hopelessness, and anxiousness continues.
Not so in the Lord!
Read this:
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
I just sat with a brother in Christ for over an hour and we admitted our weaknesses, struggles, and temptations. What did we discover? Our strength comes from the Lord. He is strong. Our strength comes from Him. We also found “Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed” (James 5:16) was true! When we confessed sin and that we are broken sinners in desperate need of a healing and saving Jesus, His strength rushed right in! As we prayed for one another, the Lord strengthened us!
When you find yourself weak, don’t fake it. Be real and remember, “Be strong in the Lord and His mighty power” (Ephesians 6:10).
stephen R Harrison 
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