Constantly in God’s Word, He talks about our source of strength coming only from Him. Also constantly in God’s Word, He talks about how He is refining us.

Here are just two scriptures out of so many showing that…

God is our strength from Psalm 73 “God Is the Strength of My Heart”:

Psalm 73: 26 TLV

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

Motherhood has constantly reminded me to lean on Him for my strength in this new season of life. Motherhood is physically and emotional taxing. It is easy to get in a thought pattern of just feeling emotionally and physically exhausted and that can be the case for a lot of different things in life, not just motherhood. When I find myself stuck in that thought pattern of just feeling exhausted, it is my reminder that I am not leaning on Him to be my strength. When I realize that or should I say, when God gently reminds me that I am trying to do everything in my own strength, I am met by God faithfully and eagerly waiting for me to lean on Him. It is incredible, when I resurrender, how quickly His strength overwhelms me. It refreshes and gives new perspective on life, an eternal mindset.

God refines us from Zechariah 13 “Final Cleansing from Sin”

Zechariah 13:9 TLV

“This third I will ring through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My Name and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My People,’ and they will answer, ‘Adonai is my God.’”

In those moments of relying on my own strength, God, in his kindness and care for me, is refining me in big and small ways. He’s helping me learn how to release control. He’s helping me learn how to handle situations with grace. He’s helping me learn how to have more patience and compassion. It goes on and on because we are always struggling against our flesh and needing to choose to die to ourselves daily. We need to give Him the room to make us a little bit more like Him every day in every moment where we struggle. That is refinement.

Mathew 10 dives into this…

I want to highlight on verse 31 and 39…

Mathew 10:31 TPT

“So don’t worry. For your Father cares deeply about even the smallest detail of your life.”

Mathew 10:39 TPT

“Those who cling to their lives will give up true life. But those who let go of their lives for my sake and surrender it all to me will discover true life!”

He cares about everything and desires for us to discover true life…But we need to allow the refinement and die to ourselves.