Colossians 1:11

“May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,”

            God gives us strength and power to endure all things. Most of the time, we don’t see what God is doing in our lives and it’s hard to find joy in the hard times. Those times where it seems like all is lost and we can’t go on anymore is when God wants us to keep pushing the most. God’s response to us isn’t always immediate and we have to wait in the time we are in to hear from Him. He is the one our strength comes from. Enduring the race isn’t something we can accomplish on our own, God is there to assist us and even carry us when we can’t go one step further. He doesn’t ask for us to have the strength, He asks that we let Him do it through us. He doesn’t ask for us to have overflowing joy, He gives it to us. He doesn’t ask for us to be patient all the time, waiting on Him, He helps us have it. Do you get it? The Lord doesn’t ask us to have anything, He asks us to be completely broken and vulnerable before Him so that He can come in and do all the work in order to fix us. He has power beyond understanding and can help us have joy and patience and endurance to continue on in whatever circumstance He puts us on. He never leaves our side.

            In Deuteronomy 31:6 it says, “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” I have trouble being patient in times where I want something from God. I can’t always find joy in those situations because I take my eyes off the Lord. I forget that He is always walking with me and that He goes where I go. God isn’t confined by the walls of a church or a certain place, He is everywhere, which means that he is taking every step with me or for me. God is showing me more and more that He is not an untouchable God, that he is walking me through every season of life I experience. My application for this is to pray with my roommate Sarah about having confidence in the Lord and finding strength in Him.