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Articles: Devotion | Rely on god's strength...
- Jonnalagadda Jonnalagadda
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Friends recently I received a mail from one of my friends. I found a good a good moral in it and wanted to share it with you all.
In his famous painting titled A Helping Hand, Emile Renouf depicted an old fisherman seated in a boat, with a young girl beside him. Both the elderly gentleman and the child have their hands on a huge oar. The fisherman is looking down fondly and admiringly at the girl. Apparently the man has told the child that she may assist him in rowing the boat, and in her desire to help she feels as though she is doing a great share of the task. However, it's obvious that it's his strong, muscular arms that are moving the heavy oar through the water.
I see a parable in this painting. God has granted to us the privilege of fulfilling our part here on earth. We must never forget, however, that we cannot perform our tasks through our abilities alone, but only as God works in and through us. While HE directs us to put our hand on the oar, we must ever be aware of the ultimate source of our power. HE is the strength
of our life! There can be no true progress spiritually, physically or worldly without the power of the Holy Spirit to gird (strengthen) our life and in all that we do.
Let's recognize our own weakness and go in the strength of the Lord. Then we will not faint nor fail.
Our greatest weakness may be our failure to rely on God's strength.
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