In Christ There Is Strength

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for February 25
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In Christ There Is Strength

Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he
shall make peace with me. Isa. 27:5

The enemy cannot overcome the humble learner of Christ, the one who
walks prayerfully before the Lord. Christ interposes Himself as a
shelter, a retreat, from the assaults of the wicked one. The promise is
given, "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the
Lord shall lift up a standard against him." . . . 
Satan was permitted to tempt the too-confident Peter, as he had been
permitted to tempt Job; but when that work was done he had to retire.
Had Satan been suffered to have his way, there would have been no hope
for Peter. He would have made complete shipwreck of faith. But the enemy
dare not go one hairbreadth beyond his appointed sphere. There is no
power in the whole satanic force that can disable the soul that trusts,
in simple confidence, in the wisdom that comes from God.
Christ is our tower of strength, and Satan can have no power over the
soul that walks with God in humility of mind. The promise, "Let him take
hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make
peace with Me." In Christ there is perfect and complete help for every
tempted soul. Dangers beset every path, but the whole universe of heaven
is standing on guard, that none may be tempted above that which he is
able to bear. Some have strong traits of character, that will need to be
constantly repressed. If kept under the control of the Spirit of God,
these traits will be a blessing; but if not, they will prove a curse. .
. . If we will give ourselves unselfishly to the work, never swerving in
the least from principle, the Lord will throw about us the everlasting
arms, and will prove a mighty helper. If we will look to Jesus as the
One in whom we may trust, He will never fail us in any emergency.

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, pp. 58, 59.