“Ascribe strength to God;” Psalm 68:34
I love to ascribe strength to God. When I underline various passages in my daily reading of the Word, the verses that ascribe strength to God are frequently marked. Similarly I tend to underline verses that declare my weakness and utter dependence on the strength of my God.
Meditating on my own weakness and dependence is a deeply satisfying devotion only because I can also ascribe strength to God. The weaker I am, the more I need God to be strong. The stronger I see God’s strength, the more I realize how weak I am.
There is a crucial truth I need to know for my joy to be full when contemplating God’s strength and my weakness. This is, that God is for me. If God were not for me, then His strength and my weakness would cause nothing but dread. That God is for me means that His strength goes to work on my behalf. Verse 28 of Psalm 68 is one promise among so many that God, in all His glorious strength, is for me, “Show Thyself strong, O God, who hast acted on our behalf.”
The ultimate proof that God puts His strength to work on behalf of the weak is in Christ. What greater confirmation is there, that God puts His strength to work on behalf of the weak, than in the cross? God’s strength, power, righteousness, and holiness were vindicated there, and in that same work God provided salvation for the weak. All of God’s promises to be strong on behalf of the weak were gloriously established on the cross. Having done this, how much more will He also be our strength to meet our daily needs and help us in our constant weakness?
O my soul, delight to ascribe strength to God and do not fear weakness for God will show Himself strong on your behalf.
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