God is strong and mighty(Ps 24:8; Rev 18:8).
For He is strong, none can oppose Him.
With His mighty hand, He protects those whom He loves(Ex 32:11).
Faith is confessing one's weakness and trusting Him(Ps 39:4).
The life of this faith is receiving great power and overcoming any obstacle.
Fatalism or predetermination is unchristian because
Faith is not giving up before one's fate but instead overturning it:
Such as Jacob, who was born the younger of the two,
But gained birthright(Ge 25:33) and
Received the name Israel("struggled with God and overcame),
After wrestling with the angel(Ge 32:28).
Since angels have no flesh, they are in superior conditions than men are(He 2:16).
There is, however, no salvation for them when they sin; they receive no help.
Men, on the other hand, are weak because of the flesh,
Made a little lower than the angels(He 2:6, He 2:14-16), because of which
There is redemption for them when they sin; they can receive help.
The Israelites became the chosen people of God
Because they were the fewest of all peoples(Dt 7:6-8).
To such worms,
God gave many strong teeth to reduce hills to chaff(Is 41:14-15).
After they explored Canaan and
Saw how great and many the men there were,
All those who saw themselves as grasshoppers and
Became discouraged died in the desert(Nu 14:36-37),
While Joshua and Caleb who said they would swallow up the Canaanites
Entered the land(Nu 14:9).
In the battle against the Midianites and the Amalekites(Jdg 7:2-25),
A small number of 300 men defeated
Those who were as many as the sand on the seashore.
David, while as a young and ruddy boy achieved a great victory by
Killing the enemy, Goliath, with just a stone(1Sa 17:4-49),
Took a census of his men as a king and
Did evil in the eyes of God and consequently took a great loss(2Sa 24:15).
Nevertheless, the name Jehovah was
In the sanctuary and
Thus, it was the strength of Israel(Ps 68:35).
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days(Jn 2:19-21),
because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would give the name Y'shua as the strength of souls, for
He is the Word that was with the strong and mighty God in the beginning and
Came in flesh(Jn 1:1, Jn 1:14) and
Experienced the weakness of man(He 4:15-16), for which
1. He was loved by the Father(Mt 3:17); and
2. He was able to deal gently with those who were ignorant and going astray
(He 5:2).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
1. Willingly became weak and died, confessing that the Father alone is strong
and mighty to save Him(Jn 10:17-18; He 5:7); and
2. Condemned the ruler of death and nullified his power(He 2:14); and
3. Bore the sins of men onto His body and set them free from their fate, i.e.,
death(He 2:14-15; 2Pe 2:24).
The Father raised Him and Jesus ascended the heavenly throne.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes
In the strong and mighty name Y'shua.
The man of the Spirit, therefore,
Never gives up before his own fate and
Never avoids his predetermination.
Whether they are tribulation, bondage, hardship, nakedness or even death,
He rather faces them head-on and overcomes them through prayers.
O Lord,
To us who are as week as worms
You gave the strong and mighty name Y'shua to overcome!
Rather than avoiding poverty,
Let us choose it.
Rather than fearing death,
Let us die!
This is the desire of worms such as we.
Amen.
