A Crime to be Weak?

The April 14th devotion from Oswald Chamber's book "My Utmost For His Highest" states

"It is definitely a crime for a Christian to be weak in God's strength."

' "the joy of the Lord is your strength" (Nehemiah 8:10) Where do the saints get their joy? If we did not know some Christians well, we might think from just observing them that they have no burdens to bear. But we must lift the veil from our eyes. The fact that the peace, light, and joy of God is in them is proof that a burden is there as well. The burden that God places on us squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces wine, but most of us see only the wine and not the burden.

No power of earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God living within the human spirit; it creates an inner invincibility.

If your life is producing only whine, instead of the wine, then ruthlessly kick it out. It is definitely a crime for a Christian to be weak in God's strength.'

Oswald Chambers
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I think it's really hard to be constantly aware of God's strength in our lives. It's like something that we have to tap into and be conscious of. Something we have to remind ourselves of. We must condition our minds to be aware of it.