Personal Power is Temporal

I find it interesting watching how top seeds tennis players rise and fall over the years. 

They start off with a lot of energy and power as they are still really young. The moment the top seeds hit their mid-thirties, they start struggling against the youngsters and they have to retire as professional tennis players.

That's what happens when you rely on your personal power, it can only take you so far.

I remember how much energy I used to have. I was constantly running up and down the stairs at the tube stations. The moment I hit my mid-thirties, I found I was constantly exhausted.  That's when I became humble and knew I needed to find another source of energy.

I realised that source of energy was God.

A lot of the places I work at these days requires long hours of standing. I couldn't do those jobs if I didn't know God was giving me His strength.

Back to the tennis hotshots. I believe their career would last a lot longer if they acknowledged God as their source of power.

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4: 13 ❤️

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Relevant Bible verses

"Have you not known?

Have you not heard?

The everlasting God, the Lord,

The Creator of the ends of the earth,

Neither faints nor is weary.

His understanding is unsearchable.

29 He gives power to the weak,

And to those who have no might He increases strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

And the young men shall utterly fall,

31 But those who wait on the Lord

Shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

They shall run and not be weary,

They shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40: 28-31

“This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:

‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’

Says the Lord of hosts." Zechariah 4: 6

"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." John 6: 63