Daily Affirmations - Day 2 - Strength to Strength - Rock of My Heart
- Alisa B.
- Oct 19, 2025
- 2 min read
Day 2: Rock of my heart
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26).
My flesh and my heart [fail] — I find, by sad experience, my own weakness and inability to encounter such temptations, and bear, with becoming patience and resignation, such troubles, as I frequently meet with; yea, I find myself a frail, dying creature, that shall shortly return to the dust. Both my flesh and heart, my body and soul may, and, unless supported by God, will soon fail.
But God is the strength of my heart — I have found Him so; I do find Him so, and hope I ever shall. As if He had said, Though I have no strength in myself, I have it in God, my never- failing refuge, to whom I will trust as long as I live. [He is] the rock of my heart, a firm foundation, which will bear my weight, and not sink under it.
In the distress... [the psalmist] had put the case of a double failure, a failure of both the flesh and heart; but in the relief, he fixes on a single support; he leaves out the flesh, and the consideration of it; it is enough that God is the strength of his heart. He speaks as one [not concerned about] the body; let that fail, it must, there is no remedy; but he is concerned about his soul, to be strengthened in the inner man.
And my portion for ever — He will not only support me while I am here, but will make me happy when I go hence, happy to all eternity. [Those who trust in God] choose God for their portion; He is their portion; and it is their happiness that He will be their portion for ever; a portion that will last as long as the immortal soul.
~ Benson Commentary
Be with me, Lord, I cannot live without Thee,
I dare not try to take one step alone;
I cannot bear the loads of life unaided,
I need Thy strength to lean myself upon.
Be with me, Lord, and then if dangers threaten,
If storms or trials burst above my head;
If lashing seas leap everywhere about me,
They cannot harm or make my heart afraid.
Be with me, Lord, no other gift or blessing
Thou couldst bestow could with this one compare;
A constant sense of Thy abiding presence
Where’er I am, to feel that Thou art near.
Be with me, Lord, when loneliness o’ertakes me,
When I must weep amid the fires of pain,
And when shall come the hour of my departure
For worlds unknown, O Lord, be with me then.
~ Thomas O. Chisholm~ ca. 1935
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