1 Chronicles 16:11 — “Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”
In a time where everything in Western culture is all about self-empowerment, there’s a remnant rising of people who are done trying to do life on their own strength. A people who recognize their own weaknesses and invite God into them. Because let’s be real you can’t be filled with God if you’re already full of yourself.
Yes, we work on our struggles, we build our character but we don’t do it alone. We invite the strength of God into our process. His strength shows up best when we’re honest about our need for Him.
God is everywhere. He’s in us, around us, flowing through us. But if we’re too busy being consumed with ourselves, we’ll miss Him. We won’t even stop long enough to recognize He’s been moving all along.
When we seek Him daily, our decisions shift. Our perspective shifts. God begins to guide our steps. He anoints our movements, places us in the right rooms, connects us with the right people, opens the right doors, and protects us from traps we didn’t even see.
But we gotta keep seeking. Don’t stop once you get the answer. Don’t disconnect after He opens the door. That’s like using your GPS to start a road trip across the country and then turning it off halfway through like, “I got it from here.” That’s how you end up lost. We need to be desperate for His presence, His voice, His power. The Bible says it plain “Apart from Me, you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
Growth is layered. It doesn’t just go up it goes down first. Look at trees: the higher they grow, the deeper the roots. That’s how it is with us. To grow higher in love? Gotta go deeper in vulnerability. To grow higher in life? Gotta go deeper in discipline. To grow higher in God? Gotta go deeper in spiritual discipline.
And let’s be clear this requires more than just willpower. It requires spiritual strength. Because on this journey, people and opportunities will show up. Some are sent to elevate you, and others to distract or block you. But they might all look good to the flesh. This is why we have to stay in God’s presence. His presence reveals. His strength protects. His guidance exposes what the natural eye can’t see.
So don’t stop seeking. Don’t stop leaning in. Don’t stop depending. The strength you’re looking for ain’t in you it’s in Him.
Sacred ✞ Self-Improvement 