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Scripture Meditation No. 1681
AATHAVAN – Sunday, 14.09.2025
“I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)
In this world, people boast in their physical strength, position, authority, or wealth, saying, “I can do all things.” We have seen even in Tamil Nadu politics, how some, in their craze for power, thought they had limitless authority—yet perished in their pride.
But as human beings, we are weak. We must realize that by ourselves we can do nothing. Yes, beloved, if God wills, He can reduce us to nothing in a single moment. That is why the Apostle Paul declared: “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God.” (2 Corinthians 3:5)
The Apostle James also reminds us to depend on God in all our decisions: “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.” (James 4:14-15)
When we surrender ourselves wholly to God, everything becomes possible through His Spirit. A corresponding Old Testament verse to today’s meditation says: “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.” (Zechariah 4:6). Indeed, not by our human strength, but only by God’s Spirit can all things be accomplished.
If we too would declare with Paul, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,” then Christ must grow within us and strengthen us. All the saints we read about in Scripture were ordinary, weak people like us. Yet God accomplished mighty deeds through them. As James reminds us: “Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.” (James 5:17)
Yes, ordinary men did extraordinary works by God’s power. As Paul and Barnabas testified: “Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein.” (Acts 14:15)
To say, “I can do all things,” in pride is arrogance. But to say, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,” is the mark of a life surrendered to God. Let us yield ourselves fully to Christ. Then we shall receive strength to overcome sin and live victoriously in this world. This is true strength. Only when we first receive this strength can our spiritual life become a life of victory.
Message by:
Bro. M. Geo Prakash

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