The Daily Nugget

Hi All

What a great word—sustain! It means to support and hold up. The Bible uses this word to describe God’s care for you. Psalm 54:4 says, “Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me”.In times of trials and weakness or when we feel drained of energy, how wonderful it is to be able to turn to Our Lord who sustains all believers through his love, grace, and power, providing the inner strength to overcome challenges, maintain perseverance, and endure life's difficulties . Scripture tells us “He will not let the righteous be shaken”(Psalm 112:6). Through His divine presence,God provides inner strength and courage by being present with individuals, empowering them to overcome any difficulty.The Bible tells us that Jesus sustains all things by “His powerful word”(Hebrews 1:3) and “through Him all things hold together”(Colossians 1:17). No matter what life throws at us,we can be sure that The Lord will sustain us !

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God Sustains

Sustain me, my God, according to your promise…. Uphold me.

(Psalm 119:116-117)

1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,   2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.   3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,   4 having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

(Hebrews 1:1-4)

 Do you need someone to sustain you today? The word sustain literally means “to be held up.” Hebrews 1:3 says that Jesus sustains all things by His powerful word (NIV). If He sustains all things, He can certainly sustain you. God’s Word is living and powerful, and we can turn to it during any circumstance we face.When King David was running from a rebellion staged by his son, Absalom, he found himself in a desolate corner of the desert. But he said, “I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me” (Psalm 3:5). In Psalm 55:22, he wrote, “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.”When Paul’s ship sank in Acts 27, all the men were saved, some by clinging to timbers and pieces of wood. We can cling to God’s unsinkable promises, and they will sustain us. He will hold us up by His powerful promises. The Lord will sustain you today, as the famous pastor Charles H Spurgeon once said "I know, perhaps as well as anyone, what depression means, and what it is to feel myself sinking lower and lower. Yet at the worst, when I reach the lowest depths, I have an inward peace." Amen !