Proverbs 31 as a professional woman - Part 46
SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY
Yolanda Kalenga
Dear loyal readers, I trust that you’re blessed and highly favoured.
Thank you for joining me on this journey as we continue to unpack success principle ten for Proverbs 31 as a professional woman: “She’s strong, courageous and discerning.” Please read parts 36-45 for more context.
To our new readers, allow me, at this juncture, to provide you with a brief recap so that we can all move in alignment.
In part 37 we were encouraged by the revelation that:
“In the book of Psalms, we see that King David understood the multidimensionality of strength and courage as coming from God, within himself, from the support of people around him and from moving in purpose.”
In part 38 we were further encouraged “to rethink strength and courage by looking at it through the lens of King David as mentioned above. This broadened understanding will inspire you to remove yourself as the pinnacle of strength as you realise that the Lord, who gave you the assignment, is quintessentially the One who will also strengthen you and lead you to become courageous enough to complete it – for the revelation of His glory. In this, you will need to use discernment as to the type of strength and courage required for the assignment. The Lord’s glory is revealed in the Lord – being your strength, strengthening you or empowering you through a strong and capable team. At times, you will be strengthened and feel courageous because you are walking in divine alignment with the will of God for your life.”
Thus far, we have studied the nuances of trusting the Lord to be your strength, what that strength might look like when we’re going through a workplace battle and we also recognised that part of the Lord’s strength is in giving you rest in your assignment.
Today, we will look at the mistakes that we make while attempting to trust in the Lord’s strength.
Psalms 37:5 AMP says:
“Commit your way to the Lord; Trust in Him also and He will do it.”
Many times we start off well by bringing a matter to the Lord, with a hope that He will see it through for our good.
Psalms 37:7 AMP says:
“Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him; do not fret (whine, agonise) because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.”
Despite the initial desire to trust the Lord all the way, we quickly lose hope and faith when it looks like God’s strength is not showing up in the way that we want. Psalm 37:5 reminds us that it’s not enough to commit the matter to the Lord, you have to trust IN Him and He will do it. Many times we surrender a matter to God and pick it up when things get tough, but Psalm 37:7 reminds us that no matter what it looks like: “Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him”.
Being still in the faithfulness of God is not a sign of weakness, even if it makes you look weak in the eyes of men. It’s a sign of strength, because you’re not trusting in your human strength as a created being, you’re trusting in the supernatural strength of your Creator, who’s more than able to bring all of creation into alignment to super-abundantly (Ephesians 3:20) fulfil the will of God, our Father. The infinite trust that we put in the strength of our Lord Jesus is on the assurance that His Name is above all other names and that everything is possible by faith through Him because all things hold together in Him (Colossians 1:15-20).
So, let us repent for the times when we become hopeless because the strength of God is not being displayed according to our expectations. Let us repent for losing faith when we expect the strength of God to be based on our will and not His will being done.
Shalom.
Dear loyal readers, I trust that you’re blessed and highly favoured.
Thank you for joining me on this journey as we continue to unpack success principle ten for Proverbs 31 as a professional woman: “She’s strong, courageous and discerning.” Please read parts 36-45 for more context.
To our new readers, allow me, at this juncture, to provide you with a brief recap so that we can all move in alignment.
In part 37 we were encouraged by the revelation that:
“In the book of Psalms, we see that King David understood the multidimensionality of strength and courage as coming from God, within himself, from the support of people around him and from moving in purpose.”
In part 38 we were further encouraged “to rethink strength and courage by looking at it through the lens of King David as mentioned above. This broadened understanding will inspire you to remove yourself as the pinnacle of strength as you realise that the Lord, who gave you the assignment, is quintessentially the One who will also strengthen you and lead you to become courageous enough to complete it – for the revelation of His glory. In this, you will need to use discernment as to the type of strength and courage required for the assignment. The Lord’s glory is revealed in the Lord – being your strength, strengthening you or empowering you through a strong and capable team. At times, you will be strengthened and feel courageous because you are walking in divine alignment with the will of God for your life.”
Thus far, we have studied the nuances of trusting the Lord to be your strength, what that strength might look like when we’re going through a workplace battle and we also recognised that part of the Lord’s strength is in giving you rest in your assignment.
Today, we will look at the mistakes that we make while attempting to trust in the Lord’s strength.
Psalms 37:5 AMP says:
“Commit your way to the Lord; Trust in Him also and He will do it.”
Many times we start off well by bringing a matter to the Lord, with a hope that He will see it through for our good.
Psalms 37:7 AMP says:
“Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him; do not fret (whine, agonise) because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.”
Despite the initial desire to trust the Lord all the way, we quickly lose hope and faith when it looks like God’s strength is not showing up in the way that we want. Psalm 37:5 reminds us that it’s not enough to commit the matter to the Lord, you have to trust IN Him and He will do it. Many times we surrender a matter to God and pick it up when things get tough, but Psalm 37:7 reminds us that no matter what it looks like: “Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him”.
Being still in the faithfulness of God is not a sign of weakness, even if it makes you look weak in the eyes of men. It’s a sign of strength, because you’re not trusting in your human strength as a created being, you’re trusting in the supernatural strength of your Creator, who’s more than able to bring all of creation into alignment to super-abundantly (Ephesians 3:20) fulfil the will of God, our Father. The infinite trust that we put in the strength of our Lord Jesus is on the assurance that His Name is above all other names and that everything is possible by faith through Him because all things hold together in Him (Colossians 1:15-20).
So, let us repent for the times when we become hopeless because the strength of God is not being displayed according to our expectations. Let us repent for losing faith when we expect the strength of God to be based on our will and not His will being done.
Shalom.
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