There is a big difference between God’s strength and human strength, and you will never make it by depending on human strength alone. The Lord is the one who will stand with us and strengthen us as we carry His Gospel to the whole world, so we must depend on His strength. Friends and relatives may forsake us, and others may fight against us; but we must know where our true strength lies.

What does the word “strength” mean? First of all, it is the quality of being strong. Second, it is power that comes from influence; and when God is your influence, it will give you great strength. Third, it is power that comes from authority, and God must be your authority. Then you can use that authority on the devil and trample him underfoot. Fourth, strength is power that comes from resources, and God must be your source of supply.

We must depend on God’s strength because human strength runs out too quickly. Human strength relies on the things of the Earth—food, sleep, exercise, water, sunshine and so forth—but those things are not enough to make us strong in the Lord.

You must have and use the divine strength of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; and it is never in short supply. Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit [the Spirit of the living God], saith the LORD of hosts (Zechariah 4:6). When you depend on God’s strength, it strengthens the whole person—soul, mind and body.

Paul Used God’s Strength

The great Apostle Paul knew exactly where his strength came from. He said, At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion [meaning out of the devil’s hands and his powers of evil] (II Timothy 4:16,17). God delivered Paul from all of his persecutors. They fought the Gospel, and they are in hell today.

Paul knew that God had called him to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles, and we must know that God also has called us to take the Gospel to the world. If we depend on God’s strength, we will know as Paul did that God will stand with us and strengthen us all the way.

Paul would never have made it without depending on God’s strength because he endured more trials and persecutions than any other apostle, yet he never failed. He set himself apart from those who only claimed to preach the Gospel saying, Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness (II Corinthians 11:23-27).

Paul endured much; yet he still said, Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong (II Corinthians 12:10). The word “infirmities” here does not mean sicknesses; it means trials, troubles and persecutions.

The Flesh Is So Weak

The Bible says, Let the weak say, I am strong (Joel 3:10). This verse refers to being strong in the Lord; and when you are, you are strong in divine love, grace and peace. There is no ego in any of those things. When the right arm and right hand of God are moving for you, you have nothing to fear. You are “God strong” and “grace strong,” and never forget those two phrases.

It is true that in the human, we are weak; but Paul said we can live the Christ life through the power of God. For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you (II Corinthians 13:4). Jesus was crucified through the weaknesses of the flesh, but He lives by the power of God. Paul knew he had to live that way, too. He said, I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me (Galatians 2:20).

We are strong in Christ through His grace, so we must depend on that sufficient grace. The Lord told Paul, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness (II Corinthians 12:9). When we are weak in the human, the strength of God will show up in us through His power, His love and His greatness. Paul goes on to say, Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me (II Corinthians 12:9).

The flesh is too weak to perform spiritual things or to fight the power of the devil. That is why Paul said, For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (II Corinthians 10:3,4). Through divine strength, we can pull down the powers of the devil and stomp them underfoot.

Paul gave God his all; and before he was beheaded, Paul left these words to his son in the Lord, Timothy: Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ (II Timothy 2:1-3). He wanted Timothy to stand strong and to teach others just as he had done.

God Made Paul Great for Him

Paul was an educated man; and before he was saved, he held one of the highest seats in the court of the Jews. He depended on his education, his position and his authority; and he had confidence in his own strength. But after he was saved, Paul realized how weak his flesh really was; and he no longer had confidence in it. For we are the circumcision [That means circumcised in heart.], which worship God in the [Holy] spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh (Philippians 3:3).

Paul knew he had been made a minister by God, not man. Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power (Ephesians 3:7).

It is miraculous how God can take a sinner like Paul and make him into a great teacher and preacher; but God has all power, and Paul realized that. That is why he spent about three years in the desert with the Lord before he started preaching.

Paul knew he had to get ready; and he said, But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days (Galatians 1:15-18).

Paul knew he needed all of God he could get. That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death (Philippians 3:10).

Never Trust Self

You can never trust the flesh because everything about it is weak, while everything about the Holy Spirit is strength. That is why you have to depend on divine strength and never glory in your own.

Paul said, For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called [not even today]: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty (I Corinthians 1:26,27).

People with a lot of higher education can become so caught up in what they know that they leave God out. That is why God takes people who are considered simple in the eyes of the world and makes them into magnificent witnesses. No one has to be highly educated to be able to understand the Gospel. It is so simple that any consecrated, dedicated, Holy Ghost–filled person can understand it.

Paul went on to say, And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification [to be made holy like God Himself], and redemption (I Corinthians 1:28-30).

You must be redeemed from all the sin in your soul and become a perfect man or woman. Then you can have divine wisdom. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him (James 1:5).

God will willingly give you His wisdom, but you must give Him all the glory for it. That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord (I Corinthians 1:31). I give God all the glory for everything He uses me for. I never want people to talk about what I have done; I want them to talk about what the Jesus who is in me has done.

When you truly depend on God’s strength, you will give Him all the glory. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels [our bodies], that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us (II Corinthians 4:7). God always proves that the power is of Him and not of us. You must humble yourself and be as clay in the divine Potter’s hands and be willing to go only God’s way.

Moses Used God’s Strength

The Israelites would not have made it out of Egypt’s bondage in their own strength, and Moses wanted them to always remember that. And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place (Exodus 13:3).

God did not want the Israelites to ever forget that it was His strong hand that had brought them out of bondage; so as a reminder, He had them make a memorial unto Him once every year. This day came ye out in the month Abib. And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land…which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt (Exodus 13:4-6,9).

God wanted the Israelites to pass the truth down to their children so that all generations would know that their people were only delivered by God’s strength. And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage (Exodus 13:14).

Only God’s strength could bring a nation, Israel, out of a nation, Egypt. Hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him (Deuteronomy 4:34,35). That was one fantastic miracle!

Then God’s strength brought the Children of Israel through the Red Sea on dry land. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left (Exodus 14:21,22).

All the people rejoiced in God’s strength, and then they watched Pharaoh’s magnificent army drown. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider [meaning the Egyptian army] hath he thrown into the sea. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation (Exodus 15:1,13).

Later, Moses reminded the Israelites of their great deliverance. When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt (Deuteronomy 20:1). The same Lord who brought the Israelites out of bondage is with us today. Through divine strength, He makes our ways of escape clear. He drives the enemy out, and our battles are won. Do you believe those things?

Use Divine Faith

Only through God’s strength did the Israelites come out of physical slavery, and only through God’s strength can we come out of the spiritual slavery of sin and bondage. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners [still in Satan’s bondage], Christ died for us (Romans 5:6-8).

If the Lord can bring us out of the bondage of sin, He can strengthen us to do whatever He calls us to do. In this last hour, God is going to turn the world upside down for His children through His strength; and He will work miracles with His strong arm. The “Red Seas” of bondage and persecution will part so we can go through with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and we will make it only through God’s great strength. God had His dispensation; Jesus had His, and now the Holy Ghost is having the final one…and it will be the greatest.

Many people today are so used to depending on their own strength that they hesitate to answer God’s call, but it is through faith and not feelings that you must depend on God. Through faith also Sara [Abraham’s wife] herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised (Hebrews 11:11). There is nothing like the power of divine faith.

Through faith, Abraham was willing to offer that same son to God. Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham (Galatians 3:6,7).

Paul said, I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me (Philippians 4:13). If you believe that, you too can do all things through Christ; but if you depend on your own strength, you may respond to God’s call as Moses did at first. He said, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue (Exodus 4:10). I’m sure that was true; but regardless of who we are or what we think our limitations are, only what God can make out of us matters.

And the LORD said unto him [Moses], Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say (Exodus 4:11,12).

Even after hearing that, Moses kept insisting that God send someone else until God got angry and finally sent Moses’ brother Aaron with him. Aaron then brought his sister Miriam along, and they both became a curse to Moses.

Let that be a lesson to you that when God calls you to do something for Him, do it. Never insist on taking a friend or family member along because if God had wanted that person to help do the job, He would have called the both of you together.

David Depended on God

Will you use divine faith and depend on God’s strength like little David did? He knew the battle was the Lord’s; and he said, And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands (I Samuel 17:47).

The Israelite army was facing the Philistines; and their giant, Goliath, was standing down in the valley shouting, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together (I Samuel 17:10). All the Israelite soldiers were trembling, but young David was not afraid; so he volunteered to fight Goliath.

Even King Saul was afraid because he had stopped depending on God; and he told David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he [Goliath] a man of war from his youth (I Samuel 17:33). But David had God on his side; and he said, Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine (I Samuel 17:36,37).

Saul should have been the one to face Goliath, but he had backslidden and gone away from God; so he said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee (I Samuel 17:37). Saul gave David his armor to protect him; but because Saul was a big man, I’m sure that armor was too big for David. So he told Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him (I Samuel 17:39).

David was depending on God’s strength, and he was going to use what he had in his hand—his little slingshot. And he [David] took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones [representing J–E–S–U–S] out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine (I Samuel 17:40).

David was unafraid as he stood before big Goliath and shouted, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand (I Samuel 17:45,46).

David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled (I Samuel 17:49-51). David used Goliath’s own sword to cut off the giant’s head. That was a great day! Always remember that the battles belong to God, and the victories are ours.

Gideon Obeyed God

When Gideon was facing the Midianites, he said, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house (Judges 6:15). Gideon then assembled an army of 32,000 soldiers; but God told him, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand (Judges 7:2,3).

Gideon looked at his 10,000 thinking they were not nearly enough to defeat the Midianites; but then the Lord said, “Gideon, you still have too many.” So he [Gideon] brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place (Judges 7:5-7).

The Lord finally had 300 men who each had an obedient heart; and with those men, Israel defeated the Midianites. And all the host [of Midian] ran, and cried, and fled (Judges 7:21).

Don’t ever forget that just one righteous person and Jehovah God are a majority. We don’t have to be afraid because God promised to never leave us. For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee (Hebrews 13:5). God reminded Jeremiah of that when He was calling him to be a great prophet. Thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth (Jeremiah 1:7-9). Jeremiah accepted what God had said.

All these men we have studied were just flesh and bones like you and me. They felt the same weaknesses we do, and that is why we have to learn to depend on God’s strength just as they did. God is getting you ready for the final outreach, saith the Lord. The Bride must evangelize the whole world, and then Jesus will come. God will strengthen anyone who will yield to His purpose.

Find Strength in the Word

You can lift yourself up with the Word and the promises of God; and in His Word, God promises us strength. Both riches and honour come of thee [God], and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all (I Chronicles 29:12).

The psalmist lived before the age of grace, but he knew about the Lord’s strength; and he used it. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect (Psalm 18:32). The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid (Psalm 27:1)?

Isaiah also lived in Old Testament days; and he said, Trust ye in the LORD forever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength (Isaiah 26:4). We will never be without God’s strength, and He wants you to think about His divine strength until you eat it and breathe it just as Jeremiah did. Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart (Jeremiah 15:16).

God will show Himself to be strong on behalf of anyone with a righteous heart. For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth [He doesn’t miss anybody.], to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him (II Chronicles 16:9).

You must have a perfect heart toward God, but many preachers teach their people that nobody can live free from sin. The Bible says, The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:20). Jesus said, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48).

God’s Strength Gives Power

You will never make it to Rapture ground through your own strength; you must depend on God’s strength. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me (Ezra 7:28). You will receive great strength when the Lord reaches out to you, and that divine strength brings joy. The joy of the LORD is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10). As you praise God for that strength, you will begin to feel it flowing within you.

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness (Colossians 1:11). We have to obey the Lord with joyfulness. Don’t ever pity yourself because that is awful, and you will never learn patience with that spirit.

Strengthened with all might means all the might of Heaven, and that is all the strength we will ever need or can use. That strength is available to you in abundance on the table of the Lord. Heaven spreads a table before us daily full of everything we need.

Heaven’s might gives you great power over the devil, and you receive and use that glorious power through patience. Now, that doesn’t mean you are exempt from longsuffering, but it will help you to be happy even when you are going through trials. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God (Psalm 146:5).

I’m a happy person. I don’t walk around depressed because I think about my blessings and God’s benefits. The Bible says, Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits (Psalm 103:2).

All of these verses tell you that God’s strength never ends, but they also warn you never to rely on your own strength or ideas. We all must be obedient to God in everything. If we will do that, we will have nothing to fear or worry about.

If you come across something you don’t understand, take it to the Lord. He said, Come now, and let us reason together (Isaiah 1:18). When you reason with God, He will take all the time with you that you need. He will never lose patience with you as long as you have a pure heart. He is so longsuffering, and His longsuffering never ends for those who live pure and holy.

Samson Lost God’s Strength

When Samson depended on God’s strength, it abounded for him. He killed a lion with his bare hands. Behold, a young lion roared against him [Samson]. And the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand (Judges 14:5,6). God gave Samson such great physical strength that he slaughtered a thousand soldiers of war with the jawbone of an ass. And he [Samson] found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith (Judges 15:15).

Then Samson met Delilah. He should have run from her at once, but he lusted for her. He thought he was strong enough within himself to play with seducing spirits without being affected, but human strength is no match when you are combating seducing spirits; and Delilah was up to no good.

And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her [Delilah], and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver (Judges 16:5).

Delilah wanted the money more than she wanted Samson, so she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man (Judges 16:16,17).

Human lust meant more to Samson than God’s caution signs. He thought he could be around Delilah and have God’s strength, too, but that didn’t work then; and it won’t work now.

Delilah had the Philistines shave Samson’s head. And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him (Judges 16:20). If God had strengthened Samson even though he had failed, He would have been putting His approval on disobedience; but God will not approve of disobedience no matter whom it is in.

Jesus went to Calvary and made Heaven’s grace available to us so we could have the approval of God; and when you fail that grace, you are in trouble. Samson had been strong enough to resist Delilah’s question and not reveal the source of his strength three times, but he finally gave in to Delilah and told her the truth.

As I read about Samson, I just want to cry, “Samson, wake up!” And that is what is wrong with so many people today—they won’t wake up and realize what the devil is doing to them, and then they blaspheme against God.

The story of Samson and Delilah is a perfect picture of how seducing spirits work. If Samson had stood his ground from the very beginning, he would not have been seduced and become powerless. Let that be a lesson to you that if you become weak in God, you will lose His strength, too.

Never Draw Back

People who are depending on human love and human strength don’t see themselves as being in a compromised condition. They feel that they just cannot offend those little foxes that are spoiling the vine. Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes (Song of Solomon 2:15). A big fox will not ruin the vine because he can reach the grapes, but a little fox cannot reach the grapes; so he chews on the roots, and it kills the whole vine. That is why we must never compromise.

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps (Jeremiah 10:23). Man does not have within himself what he needs to direct his own steps or to do the whole will of God. That is why we must depend on God’s strength.

Have you drawn back from doing the whole will of God? The Bible says that God is not pleased with anyone who draws back from Him. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him (Hebrews 10:38). I check my life daily because I want to know whether or not I am pleasing God in every little thing. When He lets me know that I am, then that pleases me, too.

When you depend on human strength, you will draw back from God or fail altogether. The Bible says, Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall (Isaiah 40:30). Even young, physically strong people won’t make it if they depend only on their human strength. That is why Isaiah goes on to say, But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).

God can renew you, but some people never really seek God for that because they don’t really believe it can happen to them. They think they have to get old when the Bible says, He [God] giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength (Isaiah 40:29).

Fly Like the Eagle

Going back to Isaiah 40:31…why did God say, They shall mount up with wings as eagles? Eagles enjoy storms because they can rise above them into the sunshine above the clouds. They spread their big wings; and the harder the wind blows, the higher they go.

However, eagles do not rely on their own strength to rise above the storms; they depend on certain warm air currents to lift them up. They use very little of their own strength because they do very little flapping of their wings. It is not uncommon for eagles to flap their wings for only a couple of minutes during a flight that lasts an hour, yet they still sail high up in the sky. They just spread their wings, and the Lord takes care of the rest.

Eagles have an impressive wingspan, and they would grow tired very quickly if they continually had to flap their own wings. We won’t make it very far either if we insist on depending on our own strength; but when we depend on God’s strength, then like the eagles, we will rise up above the storms of life into God’s sunshine.

Isaiah 40:31 says, They shall run, and not be weary. Many times, I minister to people for hours; but when I depend on God, I don’t know the end of my strength. God’s strength is mighty within me, and I depend on it more than I do food or anything else.

Isaiah 40:31 finishes with, They shall walk, and not faint. This is not talking about passing out but about holding back or giving up. We have to press on with the Lord. God wants us not only to remember His strength and rejoice in it but to depend on it until journey’s end. God can’t be strong to those who depend on their own strength. That is why so many Christians get weak and weary or miss receiving miracles and deliverances that they could have had.

Trust in the Lord

Have you ever received a calling or a direct revelation from God through which He made Himself so real to you that it humbled you and thrilled your soul at the same time? The strength of His words penetrating deep into your inner–most being did wonders for you, and you felt like you could tackle the world at that moment with just the strength of God’s touch.

But how did you respond when it came time to live out that calling or revelation? If you met roadblocks, opposition or disappointments, what did you do when your feelings took a nosedive and you got to the place where your flesh had no rest? You should have found comfort in God’s strength just as the Apostle Paul did.

During one of Paul’s trying times, he said, For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus (II Corinthians 7:5,6). When the storms come, you have to get still and depend on God’s strength, not yours. God said, Be still, and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10).

The Psalmist said, He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust (Psalm 91:1,4). You will always find help under the wings of the Almighty, a place of protection to rest and relax; but you have to use God’s strength to find those wings in the first place and to help you believe.

God’s strength will help you to use divinity like a real son or daughter of Jehovah God so you can be an overcomer. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith (I John 5:4).

Faith in God makes you strong. Just look at what some of the saints of God were able to do through faith. [Through faith, they] quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens (Hebrews 11:33,34).

Entire armies fled before a few consecrated, dedicated children of God, and that same faith is ours today. The Lord is making it available, but the Bible says you must contend for it. Ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints (Jude 1:3).

Be a Jesus Overcomer

Jesus said, These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world (John 16:33). If Jesus was an overcomer, then we can be overcomers, too, because we are to be like Jesus. We must talk like Him, walk like Him and live like Him. We can’t just imitate Him; we must have the nature of Him, and we can have that because we are children of God. However, some forget who they are in the Lord.

When Jesus was on Earth, He was a human just like we are. [Jesus] was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross(Philippians 2:7,8). Jesus took on all the weaknesses of human flesh, and He had to depend on God’s strength to fulfill the plan of redemption or He never would have made it.

In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him (Luke 22:42,43). Jesus was so completely at the end of His physical strength that He felt like He couldn’t go on, and He asked the Father if it might be possible for Him to take away the cup. But then He quickly went on to say, Nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. So God sent an angel to strengthen Him.

In this last hour, God will use angels to strengthen us, too. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation (Hebrews 1:14)? God sends a big angel to stand by my side in every miracle service. When that angel touches me, I don’t even know the end of my strength as I minister to crowds of people.

Win the Lost

In this final hour, God will do everything He can and use everyone He can to bring in the harvest of lost souls, so anyone who wants His strength can have it. He will give us the power we need to finish up the work of Jesus. The Lord told me that He is calling those of us who are saved and filled with the Holy Ghost to do that, and it is a mighty calling. I feel so lowly and yet so honored that He would choose you and me to finish the work Jesus started when He was on Earth.

This is harvest time, a time when everyone is needed to do extra, a time when people are pulled from important things to do even more important things. I lived on a farm as a child; and when it was harvest time, boys and young men were pulled from school to help bring in the harvest before it went to ruin. So it is with the work of God—when He needs you to do something, it must become more important to you than anything else.

Always remember that it is the Lord who stands with us and strengthens us as we carry His Gospel to the world. That is the highest calling there is. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come (Matthew 24:14). God is calling us to bring in the world harvest of lost souls before it is too late.

When we get all our work done, we will hear, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him (Matthew 25:6). Then it will be time to go home. Oh, hallelujah! We will be changed and receive our glorified bodies in a split second and be able to fly without wings. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality (I Corinthians 15:52,53).

The Holy Ghost will take us up to meet Jesus and our loved ones in the air. They will have their glorified bodies, too; and they will be young and beautiful just like they were when they were in their prime here on Earth. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord (I Thessalonians 4:15-17).

Be Like Jesus

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body (II Corinthians 4:8-10). No matter what we are facing, people must see Jesus in us.

We must be living epistles of Christ. Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart (II Corinthians 3:2,3).

Some people may never read a Bible, but they will see the truth in you and me. Many souls have already left the darkness of sin and come to the light because of people living holy and letting Jesus shine through their lives. We must be just like Jesus.

People could not get over Jesus and the power He had; and when you are like Jesus, you will affect people in the same way. After Jesus healed a man who had palsy, the Bible says, When the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men (Matthew 9:8).

The prophet Micah said, But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD (Micah 3:8). And God’s children are full of His power and the Holy Spirit, too. He bubbles within us, and we have His tongue of fire.

Jesus knew that God was His source of power when He prayed to His Father saying, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen (Matthew 6:13). All power and glory belong to God who said, Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me (Jeremiah 32:27)? The answer is no. There is nothing too hard for our God.

God Is Our Source

Use what you have learned in this message and let it work for you. The Word brings God’s strength, and nothing less will be sufficient for a child of God in this last hour.

God sent His Word to Earth in the form of Jesus and gave the weak strength. We must depend on that great strength.

You must realize that you can do nothing without the Lord. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing (John 15:5). The reason some people fail to bring forth much spiritual fruit is because they don’t abide in the Lord and yield to Him like they should.

We are nothing without God’s love, grace, faith and peace. He gives us everything we need to do His will. According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue (II Peter 1:3).

As the Bride depends on God’s strength, He will make her an able minister for Him. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament (II Corinthians 3:5,6).

The Bride will ever be leaning on the Lord and leading others to Him; and the more you lean on Him, the more dependent on Him you will become. So practice leaning on the Lord, and you will soon find that you must have Him all the time. Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved (Song of Solomon 8:5)?

With God’s strength, the Bride will become like a mighty army that will cause great fear and alarm in those who come against her. Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners (Song of Solomon 6:10)? People will cry, These [the members of the bridal company] that have turned the world upside down are come hither also (Acts 17:6).

Come to Jesus

Jesus is the only door to Heaven. He said, I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture (John 10:9). He said He is truth and life. I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me (John 14:6).

For years, people have tried to make their own ways to Heaven declaring that if they do the best they can, they will go to Heaven. But that isn’t what the Lord said. Jesus told Nicodemus, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3:3).

The book of Revelation clearly lists the people who will be denied Heaven and be left standing outside. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie (Revelation 22:14,15). Only those who are holy will go to Heaven.

Sinner and Backslider, God is waiting for you. You have already missed so much from God, so why don’t you come to Him today? Give your heart to God; and then you can have God’s strength for your soul, mind and body.

If you don’t know the Lord as your personal Savior, pray the sinner’s prayer with me right now. Oh, God, I confess that I have sinned against Heaven, against God and against Jesus Christ. I have sinned against the Spirit of the Lord and rejected Him, and I am so sorry, Lord. I confess it all now with godly sorrow. Please, forgive me! I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins! Make me just like Him! Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in!

If you meant that prayer, Jesus has come into your heart; and you can be just like Him. Now, you must go on and receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Accept God’s Healing Power

All of these scriptures on God’s strength should put your faith into perfection and prepare you to receive a perfect miracle. The Word brings deliverance to your spirit and health to your flesh. He sent his word, and healed them (Psalm 107:20).

If you need a physical miracle for strength or for anything else, take it from the Lord today. The Bible says it is God’s will for His children to be in good health. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth (III John 1:2).

The Lord gets no glory from you being sick; He gets glory from you being healed, so accept your miracle right now. God has a plan for each person who is dedicated, consecrated and yielded to Him; and that plan is not for you to be sick and weak in body.

You may have AIDS, heart trouble, diabetes or leprosy; but it doesn’t matter because we have seen all of those diseases healed through this ministry.

Lord, I bring the weak, the sick and the afflicted to you. Let your strength flow now like mighty rivers. I curse the AIDS, diabetes, cancer, migraine headaches, heart trouble, lung trouble and strokes. Lord, you have healed so many little children who were born deformed. The doctors told some of them they would never walk, but they are walking today. Others had just part of a brain, and you gave them a whole brain. Heal! in the all‑powerful, blood name of Jesus. Heal!

Feel God’s healing power going into you now. That is what will get you well, and then you have to give Him all the glory. The Lord is the one who is healing you, so you can be healed anywhere in the world. Be thou made whole! Then write or email and tell me about your miracle so I can rejoice with you.

If you have been healed of AIDS, get your case documented by your doctor and send a copy to us. We are gathering the documented cases and taking them with us to the different nations throughout the world so others can believe and be healed, too. We want people to know that our God is real, and we prove it to them with the Bible.

Thus Saith the Lord

I am your God, and I have come down to thee. Walk with me in perfect faith, perfect love and perfect grace. Be all that I want you to be. I will be coming for thee if you are doing my work and watching for me to come. I will come, saith the Lord.