STRENGTHENED BY HIS SPIRIT
“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans 5:6 NKJV
Religion has its place. It provides structure, order, and a shared rhythm for congregational worship. But it becomes dangerous when it subtly replaces dependence on Christ with confidence in form, rule, or appearance. What Jesus redeemed with His own blood must never be led away from Him by empty substitutes; even if they bear a semblance of holiness.
Our theme Scripture brings this truth home: there was a real infirmity in us. Without the Holy Spirit, we were without strength, or power to please God, and yet Christ still deemed us worth dying for. He did not wait for spiritual competence, moral stability, or visible maturity. He met us in our weakness.
Why then do we so often withdraw from those who stumble in the frailty of the flesh? Why do we distance ourselves from the very condition in which Christ drew near to us? To forget the weakness from which we were saved is to misunderstand the grace by which we now stand.
The same Spirit who strengthens us today is the Spirit given to those who once had none. Grace does not excuse sin, but it does restore the sinner. And those strengthened by His Spirit are called not to condemn weakness, but to bear it, just as Christ bore ours.
Let this mind that was in Christ, be also in you (Philippians 2:5).
Prayer: My Father, I thank you for this word. I thank you for giving your life that I may live. I thank you for imputing your righteousness and not counting my weakness. I thank you for loving me in into wholeness and saving me by your grace. May it never be said that I withheld from others the mercy you so freely gave to me, in Jesus’ name. Amen!
CI.
RELATED RESOURCES
• Ephesians 2:1
• Romans 8:10
• 2 Corinthians 12:9
