The Source Of Our Strength

My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.

Psalm 73:26

PAUL ANDERSON WAS once known as the strongest man who ever lived. The Olympic champ broke eighteen American records and eight world records, and he was listed in The Guinness Book of World Records for lifting 6,270 pounds in the back lift.

Like many athletes, Paul used his platform as the strongest man in the world to promote a message. He didn’t focus on advocating a product or world peace or another cause. Instead, he used his fame to point to someone who really deserves the fame and adoration: Jesus Christ.

Paul was the strongest man who ever lived, but he still had to look to God for strength and power.

Where do you find your strength? By keeping in shape? By eating right?

It’s great to have a physically fit body, but as Paul told people, it’s not an end in itself. The only one you can truly entrust your life to in this world is God. He will be your strength in every area of your life, no matter what shape you’re in. Are you relying on him?