81. Be Established
Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began.
Jesus has the power to establish you, to strengthen you, or to make you stand. We are weak but He is strong. His strength is made perfect in weakness. We can admit to being weak, vulnerable, sick, helpless and poor; when we admit it and ask for help He promises to establish us. In Him we stand firm, strong, and tall. We become like a rock when standing on the Rock; nothing can push us over.
No matter how strong the winds and storms of life blow against us we will stand and remain established. Faith that rests on the Rock cannot be toppled. Individuals, marriages, families, and churches that are built on the Gospel will be established by the power of God. He is our strength. Satan sends his best, and we can say, “Is that all you got? I got the Gospel.”
God establishes us by the power of the Gospel and the preaching of Christ. Going to church and hearing the Gospel preached week after week may not seem like an important or an exciting thing to do, but the unseen power that is unleashed whenever Christ is preached is awesome. The Gospel reveals a mystery; a mystery is something we cannot see or understand. No human being could make it up; no person can figure it out. It is a secret that cannot be known unless it is revealed. The Bible reveals, or unveils, the secret that God sent His Son to be the God-man who would die for our sins. Because the Gospel is foolishness to the world and a stumbling block to the Jew it is hard, nay, impossible, to believe. It is sneakily easy to drift into unbelief or onto the sandy foundation of salvation by faith plus works. We need the Old Gospel Preaching to be repeated over and over again ad nauseam. God promises to establish us by the Gospel.