Strength to Stand

1 Cor. 15:[58] Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Psalsms 18:[32] It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

Psalms 31:[4] Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

Matthew 26:[41] Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Each of these scriptures are talking about how we need to stand strong, be grounded, unmoveable, rooted, etc. The Bible teaches us that when we choose to serve the Lord, we must prepare ourselves for adversity, trials, and temptations. The devil KNOWS our weaknesses, and he WILL act upon them to do everything he can to get us to fail. We must be like Jesus when Satan came against him... he stood firm. We need to be like the 3 Hebrew Children, Esther, Job, and many more. God put all of these people in the Bible and recorded their great faith in order to teach us that "Hey! This road is not easy. This is the road less traveled, BUT there are people who have succeeded and so can you!"

He never promised us it would be easy, He only said we'd never go alone. -Ginny Owen

The main thing we need to realize that our source of strength is simply Jesus Christ. We can't try to  play the game alone, fight the battle alone, win the war alone, walk the road alone, etc. Like the old song says "I can't even walk without you holding my hand." 

Do your best everyday and God will richly bless you. We aren't perfect. We weren't made perfect. When Adam and Eve disobeyed, they put a curse on everyone that would follow them to be born with sin in their heart. We are creatures of habit, of temptation, of nature, of conformity, and of weakness. Its going to take a lot of spiritual muscles to stand in these last days. We CAN do it!