Primitive man believed that If one ate the flesh of a strong animal he would acquire the strength of that animal.

We do get strength from meat--physical strength. But we need soul strength, as well as physical strength. God is the soul’s meat and drink. Feed on Him, His word, His truth, and the soul will be made strong with His strength.

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God” (Matt. 4: 4). We hear today much about vitamins and foods enriched with vitamins, and the strength-giving value of these foods. It is well to give attention to this.

We need to keep ourselves physically fit. But we also need to keep ourselves spiritually fit. That calls for spiritual vitamins, and to get these we must feed our souls on food enriched with spiritual truth.

In this world, in which we are beset by so many temptations and so many troubles, where we are constantly under such strain and stress, we need to draw on a source of strength above and beyond ourselves. God is that source.

If we are receptive to the power of God, we will partake of His strength in proportion to our capacity to receive it.

If you look to God and trust Him, open your heart to Him, He will give you all the strength you are able to receive. Don’t think about yourself and how weak you are. Think about God and how strong He is. Focus your attention on God’s available strength. Wait on Him in prayer.

“They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint” (Isa. 40: 31).

This was Isaiah’s way of expressing his belief in God’s strengthening power.

With God as our strength, we can go out into the world with gladness in our hearts and a song of victory upon our lips. “The Lord is my strength; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise Him.”