Friday, September 25 My strong rock, my refuge, is God.​—Ps. 62:7.

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Friday, September 25

My strong rock, my refuge, is God.—Ps. 62:7.

 

We make Jehovah our Rock when we rely fully on him. We trust that by obeying him even during difficult times, we will benefit. (Isa. 48:17, 18) As we experience his support, our confidence in him will grow. We will then be better prepared to face trials that only Jehovah can get us through. Similar to a massive rock, Jehovah is firm and stable. He is consistent in his personality and unshakable in his purpose. (Mal. 3:6) When faced with the rebellion in Eden, Jehovah did not waver. As the apostle Paul wrote, Jehovah “cannot deny himself.” (2 Tim. 2:13) This means that no matter what happens or what others do, Jehovah will never deviate from his qualities, his purpose, or his standards. With confidence in our stable God, we can look to him for salvation and for help to cope during turbulent times.—Ps. 62:6, 7. w24.0627-28 ¶7-8

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Fully

 

“We make Jehovah our Rock when we rely fully on him.”

 

That word fully keeps drawing my attention.

 

We know our own strength. We know how much we can handle. And, sometimes we know it very well, as we have already reached the end of it.

 

But relying fully on Jehovah, means — that our own strength is not the final measurement.

 

Paul spoke about “the power beyond what is normal,” saying that this power is God’s and not from us. — 2 Corinthians 4:7.

 

I like the way those two thoughts fit together.

 

Jehovah does not expect us to suddenly become stronger than we are. We are still the “earthen vessels.” We are tired. We are anxious. We reach places where we simply do not have enough strength left.

 

But Jehovah does. Contradictory? No!

 

And perhaps that is part of what it means to rely fully on him.

 

We do what we can. We use the strength we have. But we do not look at what is left and conclude, I cannot do this because I do not have enough.

 

There is another source of strength.

 

Jehovah will give us what Paul called “the power beyond what is normal.” His spirit will supply strength beyond our own resources.

 

So when Jehovah 'asks' us to trust him fully, he is not asking us to pretend that we are strong.

 

He is asking us to recognize where the strength can come from.

 

“My strong rock, my refuge, is God.” — Psalm 62:7.

 

Sometimes relying fully on Jehovah may simply mean reaching the end of our own strength and realizing that we have not reached the end of his.