Psalm 18:1 “I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.”
The Psalmist worshipfully declares to his “LORD” that He is his “strength”. In times of great trouble and distress, people often moan such pitiful refrains as “I cannot do this!” or “I cannot handle this!” or “I just cannot go on!” or “I cannot endure this!”. In most cases it is true; for, our “flesh is weak” (Matthew 26:41). But, in obeying the Lord, serving the Lord, and doing the right thing according to the Lord; as our natural “strength” fails us, He reveals His presence with us as He begins to empower us to rise up and go forward even when there seems to be too many obstacles in the way, when we feel that we have no ability to accomplish what is before us, when our very being is so weary that we feel totally disheartened, when our hearts are painfully broken, when confusion sets upon us like an ominous cloud, and when we wonder if anyone knows or cares how weak and frail we really feel. While it is absolutely true that our natural “strength” is often not sufficient for the task before us; our Lord is neither limited nor hindered as we are; for, He is Omnipotent; that is, He is All Powerful and Has Infinite Strength. And, because He is our Heavenly Father and He loves us with an everlasting great love; when our strength is expended, He imparts of His “strength” to us so that we can continue to worship and serve Him in this present life. Thus, we are exhorted to “Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion” (Isaiah 52:1); that is, look to the Lord and keep going. It is an amazing thing to see the faithful Children of God when they appear broken and weakened and frail; yet, we can hear their weak and trembling voices confidently declaring, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13). Then, we begin to see the naturally weak defeating the lions and the bears and slaying the great giants (I Samuel 17:34-37) in their lives as they go forward shouting, “O LORD” Thou art “my strength”.