Straight Strength
“I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only. O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.” Psalms 71:16-18 NKJV Pure and uncorrupted power and human strength display nothing but the evidence of the presence of God. Beside supernatural miracles, signs, and wonders, God’s strength is readily manifested through the display of human physical, financial, political and social prowess, when human beings are released as the battle ax and weapons in the hands of God. Like the declaration of the psalmist’s intent, this is how the righteous display the wondrous works of God from generation to generation. Unfortunately, human selfish ambition and the pursuit of personal agenda often create a diversion or discontinuity to the straigh...