Sometime in 1981, I was praying and asking God for strength, the anointing, revival... and the more I prayed, the weaker I felt. Then I came across this Scripture: “Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake as in the ancient days…” It was all I needed to get me stirred up again. As far as I was concerned, God was talking to me about the past few months, because I had done some crusades where I preached up a wild fire, healed the sick and cast out devils.
“Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?”(v. 9), I felt that was God encouraging me and telling me, “Son, weren’t you the one that wounded the dragon? You wounded that devil before, you can do it again.” Boy! I loved that. What really got me was the next verse: “Art thou not it which hath dried the sea…” (v.10).
“But God dried the sea,” you say. Not entirely. God gave the credit to the people, because God alone couldn’t dry the sea. He needed a Moses to do it. When God comforts you, He does it in a special way. He lets you know you had done great things before, and gives you credit for them. See, you give Him credit for His power, greatness, love and kindness, but He also gives you credit for doing those things because you’re partners. So He said to me, “Were you not the one that dried up that sea? Come on, rise up. You can do more!
He says the same to you today: “Put on strength. You can do it again. Don’t be cast down. Get up!” You’re talking about being weak, but He’s telling you to put on strength.
God doesn’t want you cast down; He doesn’t want you depressed. That’s why He likes to remind you of the things you’ve done in the past. What great things can you remember that you did in the Name of the Lord? Think about them; let them encourage you; then wake up, God wants you to do more.
