The Strength of My Heart, My Portion for Ever

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever” (Psalm 73:26).

There are days when the body feels like an empty cupboard and the heart like a lamp flickering on its last drop of oil. Muscles shake, plans crumble, courage leaks away—yet right there, at the end of ourselves, we find the beginning of Him. He doesn’t merely hand us a little strength and send us on our way; He is the strength—present, living, inexhaustible. Asaph admits that his steps had almost slipped, his faith had nearly unraveled, “until I went into the sanctuary of God” (Psalm 73:17). In that holy place the scales were reset. Bread on the table, light in the golden candlestick, incense rising—quiet witnesses that every lack is met in God Himself. “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1). When flesh and heart fail, the sanctuary truth remains: God Himself is enough.

“Portion” is the language of inheritance—the share that cannot be taken away. The world measures wealth by what fills the hand; faith measures wealth by Who holds the heart. “The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup” (Psalm 16:5). “The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him” (Lamentations 3:24). If the cupboard is bare and the calendar is heavy, our estate is still rich, because our Portion doesn’t rise and fall with the market or the mirror. He isn’t merely the Giver of gifts; He is the Gift. He is bread when the soul is hollow—“I am the bread of life” (John 6:35). He is water in the desert—“the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14). He is rest for the overworked ache—“Come unto me… and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). He is sufficiency when resources thin—“my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19). He is wholeness where we feel fractured—“and ye are complete in him” (Colossians 2:10).

Everything we truly need—love that doesn’t fail, provision that arrives on time, forgiveness that cleanses to the roots—flows from Jesus, and more than flows: it abides. He withholds no good thing that would make us like Himself (Psalm 84:11; Romans 8:32). Sometimes He answers our prayers by changing the circumstance; sometimes He answers deeper, by changing the heart that meets the circumstance. Either way, we don’t go hungry when He is our portion. We don’t go powerless when He is our strength. So when your own flesh and heart feel faint, let every lack become a doorway to His fullness: lift the empty cup and say, “Thou art the portion of mine inheritance” (Psalm 16:5). And listen—beneath the noise of need is a steady voice: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee… I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee” (Isaiah 41:10). He is enough. For this day. For every day. For ever.

If this Fireside Chat warmed your spirit and sparked fresh resolve to live what you believe, fan that flame with Scripture—“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly” (Colossians 3:16). Pull a little closer to the Light, and carry it into the week ahead.

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