As Your Days, So Shall Your Strength Be!"

We shall have some hard climbing 
in our upward journey
(J.R. Miller, "Evening Thoughts" 1907)

"And of Asher he said: YOUR shoes 
shall be iron and bronze. As your days--
so shall your strength be!"
 Deuteronomy 33:24-25 

Asher's portion would be rough and 
hilly. Common shoes of leather 
would not last. The promise meant 
that Asher would have shoes that 
would endure the wear and tear.

For us, the promise suggests 
that we shall have some hard 
climbing in our upward journey--
or we would not need iron shoes. 

It assures us also that we need 
not dread any hardness we may find 
in our life for the future, for it will be 
provided for. We shall have shoes 
of iron to wear, and then we shall 
not mind the steep and rugged paths. 

GOD leads us nowhere, without 
providing for the special 
difficulties in the way. 

We have the same assurance 
in the words that follow, 

"As your days--
so shall your strength be." 

For easy days, we need less 
divine help and receive less. 
Then when the hard days come, 
the help will increase accordingly. 
There is not a step in all our journey 
for which GOD will not give us help, 
when we come to the place where 
we need it.

"YOUR shoes shall be iron and bronze. 
As your days--
so shall your strength be!" 

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We have published Grace Gems for December, 2013 in one file!