Willpower

…”Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord of hosts.

Willpower can be a powerful tool in the hands of a determined, disciplined person. It can help you confront any problem you have and adjust your lifestyle. However, willpower can only take us so far and then we run out of our own strength. What if instead of turning to willpower first in your time of need, you turn to God? God releases His power into you and enables you to go all the way through to victory. Now you are energized for positive change, but willpower does not get the credit for our success, God does.  “Apart from Me you can do nothing.”  When we turn to anything or anyone before God, He is insulted and obligated to let us fail so we will realize that “except the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it”.  We must learn to let God do the heavy lifting.  Let Him supply the ability to energize our choices. We can choose to exercise or stop over-eating, but our choice alone is not enough for complete victory. Willpower and determination will get us started, but they have been known to quit in the middle and leave us stranded. God never quits in the middle.  There are some people in the world who claim to be self-made success, but if we follow their lives all the way through, they usually end up falling apart. God has not created us to function well without him, and the sooner we learn that, the better off we will be. Start by asking God to get involved, to do the heavy lifting. Continue on with God and finish with God. What should we do when the burdens in life seem too heavy? “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

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