WELCOME TO NOVEMBER
The Month of Strengthening
Luke 22:41-43 - ... And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
Luke 22:44 - And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly ...
Struggling for victory. Wrestling for something. Working hard, breaking the limits for victory. He wanted to win. He had to go through the pain as it were. He prayed more seriously for what was in front of Him and His sweat were like drops of blood.
Matthew 26:41 - Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Jesus told them to pray because the flesh is weak and will make you not to do the right thing. It will call for attention. There was temptation coming. They were about to flee when the Master is arrested but they didn't know it. He told Peter that satan wanted to sift him as wheat but that He had prayed for him. Pray that you enter not into temptation.
He knows that you want to do big things for God but the flash is weak. Pray to be strengthened.
This month of November is the month of strengthening.
There is strength for the long journey ahead. It's a hard journey.
1 Kings 19:7-8 - And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
It was not a mere meal, it's the word. You need strength for this journey. Your role and God's role for the purpose for your life.
As you go in this journey, there will be battles to fight. Conflicts of life and you need strength for these fights. The spirit of God is preparing you.
2 Samuel 22:40 - For thou hast girded me with strength to battle:
them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
Jesus was strengthened for the battle He was going to face. The angel came in the place of prayer. This is so important. This kind of strength is spiritual and comes via prayer. It's not from your physical strength or from your kitchen.
Thirdly, you need strength for the times. We're in special times in God's Calendar.
Daniel 10:14-18 - ... straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
What caused his strength? It was what he saw in the vision. These are perilous times. There's so much to learn about the times we are living and you need strength for these times.
God bless you.