“I can do all things through Christ…” Not as we hear from some circles, that Christ works through us, but rather, just the opposite. One will be hard pressed to find God doing anything through a believer. We are told we have “…peace with God through our Lord Jesus,” and that we are to mortify the flesh “…through the Spirit."
Also that “…we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” The list goes on and on. Look it up for yourself.
When Israel “…passed through the sea,” it should be plain to all that the word “through” meant, not that the sea went through them but they went by way of it. The major difference between the Christian and non-Christian is that the former goes by the way of God when facing the problems of life, whereby the latter faces them head on in his own strength.
To teach Christians to be passive, and to let God do it through them, produces a robotical being, rather than a responsible one. It is we who put on the armor; it is we who do the wrestling; it is we who wield the sword; it is we who stand our ground. And as we do these things, all the time, we are looking to God to help us. Therefore, let us rise up and be doing!
"The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon." The sword was God's, but Gideon wielded it!
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