To put it another way, he can endure all things through Christ who strengthens him or through the person of Christ who’s constantly at work in him. Nevertheless, he made such monumental statement that he can do all things through Christ who strengthens him. In this particular chapter, Apostle Paul talked a great deal about what he went through whether it was good time or bad time throughout his ministries ( Philippians 4:11-12). I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me ( Philippians 4:13). Let’s ponder on this following statement. So when we make it out of a terrible situation because of our faith in God, this will eventually prepare us for the next crisis that will come. Most importantly, He’s fully capable to reverse them completely.
Things may look very bad apparently, but our willingness to exercise faith in God will empower us to firmly embrace the fact that He’s exceedingly greater than what we’re going through. When things aren’t going well for us, God wants us to trust Him above all. In order for such vital transformation to occur, we must go through events by which God can teach, guide, and strengthen us for His own purpose. He wants us to experience Him for the sole purpose of making us become stronger, better, and wiser Christian through Christ that are fully equipped by His power to face whatever situation that may come our way. God wants us to know Him not just in the context of learning how He operates in His Word but through personal experiences.
So this leads us to conclude that if everything keeps going just fine for us, then there’s not really a strong desire for us to keep on seeking His face. It’s quite obvious that the time that people normally seek God the most is when things aren’t going well for them.
What’s our responsibility in the midst of unpleasant circumstances along with our innermost struggles? God wants us to look beyond the challenges, our own human weaknesses, failures, disappointments, hurts, rejections, you name it by looking up to the person of Christ. There’s no shadow of a doubt that these bad circumstances won’t always make any sense to us as we’re going through them, but one day they’ll all make perfect sense. Besides, He has let us to go through tough times for a specific reason. Even if that God has promised us in His infallible Word that He’ll never leave us no forsake us ( Hebrews 13:6) however, He’s never made us any promise that things would go well for us all the time. It’s a type of life which foundation is rested entirely on the person of Christ having His ways in us. When thinking deeply on this powerful verse, it plainly highlights the fact that the Christian life we’re to live is not ours but Christ’s.
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