"Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders. My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word." Psalm 119:27-28 (NIV)
The only way to get stronger in anything is through repetition. If you want to be in shape... you can't expect to go to the gym just once a week to get in shape. It is a matter of discipline to go at least 3 maybe 4 times a week if you expect results. But it doesn't stop there... you have to also incorporate a disciplined eating lifestyle so that the work you put in would be sustained.
In similar fashion, if we expect to be strong spiritually we have to read the word of God consistently. Reading and meditating on the word of God is so vital to our lives that if we strengthen ourselves through it we would overcome great obstacles. Job 4:4 says, "Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees." This doesn't sound like a person who just started working out but rather someone who made working out in the word a repetitive exercise that brought about more strength, and just as incorporating a disciplined eating style sustains the workout so does a disciplined prayer life. If you speak to God about His word your relationship with Him grows deeper because you understand better who God is and what He intends to do with your life.
Develop yourself spiritually. That you might grow stronger spiritually to overcome the evil in this world, but not only that... To also strengthen those who stumble along the way. This is our calling.
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