“I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.” (Psalm 71:16)
THE tears and sorrows and battlings in strife against the world, the flesh, and the devil are all very necessary in the present time. We should neither hope nor expect to be crowned as victors without passing through such experiences. In the battle we learn not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think. We learn of our own weaknesses and imperfections.
Walking closely with the Lord is the only way to keep our garments unspotted from the world. We learn also to trust his grace, and that “our sufficiency is of God.” We learn that “greater is he who is on our part than all they that be against us.”
We learn that the victory that overcometh the world is neither the strength and perfection of our flesh, nor merely the strong resolution of our minds, but the latter helped and strengthened by Him who assures us that His strength can be perfected in our weakness. It is here that we learn that all things are working together for good to them that love God.