No one chooses to be weak, not physically, emotionally, or spiritually. We respect and desire strength, but do we choose to bNo one chooses to be weak, not physically, emotionally, or spiritually. We respect and desire strength, but do we choose to be strong? Notice that I didn’t ask if we want to be strong, but if we choose to be. Most of us want to be improved, set free, and victorious, but are we willing to do the work? Will we wait for a magic wand to change us, or make choices that strengthen us?
Psalm 1 offers us options that will increase our strength:
- Don’t listen to sin-soaked people, or keep their company, or join in their mocking.
- Do delight in God’s Word and ways, and consider His truth day and night.
Solid choices deliver everything we could hope for:
- Secure footing, like a tree that’s firmly planted,
- Fruitful lives that affirm our reason for living,
- A thriving life, not one that withers with weakness.
Be strong. Choose the happy, holy life God intends for you.
He will watch over you as you walk this path, and He will bless you.
BARBARA HIGBY 