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“Thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My word, and hast not denied My name” (Revelation 3:8).
None of us likes to be told that we are not very strong, for naturally we like to be strong and able to do a lot. Yet here the Lord praises those in Philadelphia for having a little strength. Why is this?
It is because we are not living in the early days of the church, when everything was fresh and new, and things were going on well. We are living right before the Lord’s coming, and we have only a little strength. Perhaps you sometimes feel this way and think that there is not much that you can do for the Lord. But here are two things that He values — things that each of us can do.
We can keep His Word, which means simply that when we read something that the Bible tells us to do, we obey it. It also means that we do not deny the name of the Lord Jesus. This world hates the name of the Lord Jesus, and uses it in swearing much of the time. But God values it when we speak His name reverently, and honor all the truth connected with His name. It takes courage to do this, but again, each of us can do it.
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