- Strength and Peace
Psalm 29:11
The Lord will give strength unto his people;
The Lord will bless his people with peace.
The Lord loves his people and promises them blessings for their life that come from His own character, in this case He gives strength and peace.
The strength God gives to us would be His own strength from Himself, not some alien, pulled-out-of-the-air, strength. God shares His life, He shares himself, and He shares His own strength. Now we His people share the very strength of God Almighty. We can make good use of God’s Strength from time to time when we need it, when we feel the weakest and when we are under threat or in trouble from our enemies. “When we are weak, then He is strong.” We need to utilize the strength of God when we are overwhelmed, when we are sick, when everything seems to go wrong, when the enemy is coming in like a flood, when we are down and depressed, or any time we feel in need of a physical or emotional pick-me-up. With the Strength of God within we are able to rise, stand up and be courageous. We can live with the attitude that nothing can topple us or make us fall. The Lord gives strength.
The peace of God, with which He blesses us, is the strong peace that is God’s, that is in God. “My peace I give unto you,” says Jesus (John 14:27). “The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7). Is God at peace? Of course He is, always. The kind of peace that is in God is way beyond our ability to understand. When He gives us His own peace it would settle so strongly upon that we know we could never be moved or shaken, but we would be like a calm rock in a violent storm. He puts His Peace in us.
This promise is possible; this promise is real; this promise is meant for us to take hold of and by faith stand strong and calm like a rock. Can you believe we have such a Wonderful Savior God?