A Secret of Victorious Living
by J. R. Miller There is a secret of
victorious living which, if people knew it, would make all of life
easier for them. It may be stated thus, that as
we take up any duty and go forward with it, we shall receive the
strength we need to do it. There are several divine promises
that give this assurance. One reads, As your days, so shall
your strength be. Deuteronomy 33.25. This seems
to mean that the help which God gives varies according to the
necessity of the particular day. God fits His blessing to our
days. When we are faint, He increases
strength. When we are sorrowful, He gives
comfort. When we are in danger, He grants
protection. When we are weary, He gives rest. As your days, so shall your strength
be. Another of Christ's promises
reads, My grace is sufficient for you. Every word of this assurance
shines with radiant light. My grace is sufficient for you. It is Christ's grace that is
sufficient. We know that He has all divine
fullness, and therefore we are sure that no human need can ever
exhaust His power to give help. My grace is sufficient for you.
It is Christ's grace that is sufficient. If it were anything
else but grace, it might not give us such comfort. Grace is
undeserved favor, goodness shown to the unworthy. We deserve nothing,
for we are sinners, but it is Christ's grace which is sufficient,
and so we can claim it. My grace is sufficient for you. It is present tense, is sufficient. Christ is always speaking personally
to the one who is in any need and saying, My grace is sufficient
for you. My grace is sufficient for you. The word sufficient is one whose
meaning expands and amplifies with a measure of the need. No
necessity is so small as not to be included, and none is so
great as to go beyond the capacity of the blessing that is promised.
My grace is sufficient for you. The grace is sufficient for each
of His redeemed children. For you the promise runs. Life lies before us with its
burdens, its duties, its responsibilities, its struggles, its perplexities,
It does not come to us all in one piece. God breaks our years
into months and weeks and days, and never gives us more than
just a little at a time, never more than we can bear or do for
the day. If we take up the present duty
or burden, we shall always have strength to do it. If we do not
have strength of our own, sufficient for the work or struggle, we
need not falter, but should go on, just as if we had omnipotence
in our arm. For as we obey God, though the
task is impossible to our ability, He will sustain us by giving
us all the help we need.