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LITTLE STRENGTH
Live Daily Footstool Devotional

Monday, 10th July, 2023

Read Revelation 3:7-13
Revelation 3:8-9 KJV - 8 I KNOW THY WORKS: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast A LITTLE STRENGTH, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

You know, when God says He’s going to bless you, it does not mean He’s expecting you to go out there and look for that big thing and that other impressive thing to start doing by yourself so that you start having an appearance of a blessing in the eyes of all. A great door of blessing will not come to you just because you have money to pay your way through the visa station, or powerful clothes to impress your interviewers as you seek a job. When God decides to open a door for you, it is very linked to your obedience to His instructions. It your little obedience to His instructions that will lead you the open door He has for you. God is not looking for people who have mighty Bank accounts or some fantastic human connections or great family backgrounds so that He will present to them an open door of blessing. He will do so for people who are faithful with the work of God just with the little strength that they have.
What is your little strength?
Revelation 3:8 KJV - for thou hast a little strength, and HAST KEPT MY WORD, and HAST NOT DENIED MY NAME.
You may not have so much strength to do many wild things in the ministry, or at your job place, or in your own life or family. You may not have so much faith or strength of character or individuality to attempt doing all sorts of sophisticated things in your service of God, though you may have loved to. It is good to genuinely acknowledge your limitations as to how much you can expend in your attempt to do the work of God. The most basic form of strength you can possess as a Christian to do the work of God is your strength in steadfastly keeping the Word of the Lord and not denying His name wherever you find yourself. I mean, no matter how thin your muscle power is, you can always afford to show this kind of strength in doing God’s work- keeping a word or a charge He has given you, and not denying His name.
What instruction has God given you before? How well do you keep it? If you cannot steadfastly keep charges that the Lord or your pastor or leader has given you before, then your little strength in attempting God’s work is little indeed. But we must endeavour to protect our “ little strength” because that is about all we have when it comes to how much we can offer God. People go to all sorts of extents in their faith and attempts to please God- people pray so much more and longer than you do, give bigger offerings, and do many more deeper things to have wilder experiences with God than you get to. But if all you’ve got is the little strength to keep God’s Word and not deny His name, then keep His charges to you with all excellence and the highest fidelity and don’t ever miss an opportunity to acknowledge His name. Protect your little strength and strengthen it.
Often ask yourself, what has God asked me to do? Am I doing it? Am I sanctifying His name in my life? Or am I postponing and procrastinating all His assignments to me ? Your little strength is your ability to keep His Word and not deny His name. If you trivialise your little strength, you will actually be trivialising the everlasting blessing of an open door for you that cannot be shut by anyone else.
Revelation 3:10 KJV - Because THOU HAST KEPT THE WORD of my patience, I ALSO WILL KEEP THEE...
Prayer: Dear Lord, please help me strengthen my little strength. Help me keep every command and instruction you give and have ever given to me before. Help me not to deny your name ever. Please help me protect my little strength, so that my due blessings will not elude me in Jesus name. Amen.
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Anastasia Bruce
Footstool Colour