The significance of this verse is to teach Christians that they can do all things through the One who strengthens them. That means Christians must trust God and keep the attitude of "I can do it."

We must make some changes, we must change our attitude! In the journey of life we encounter many challenges and difficulties. We are constantly in a struggle with evil--experiencing hard times, failures, and pain. Thinking about these struggles, we realize that we usually turn to God only when we are in trouble. But God wants us to change and from this day forward put Him first in our lives not last.

If we do not experience failure, how can we recognize and achieve success? Jesus Christ serves as a perfect example for us. It is said that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of Christianity, but we should never forget the suffering and humiliation He experienced during His crucifixion. His disciples scattered and His three year effort melted into thin air. Wasn’t His failure much bigger than ours? So no struggle and failure = no success.

When we look to the future, we must have a clear goal. We must let Him live in us. So we must determine to stand with Him and work with Him—by praying and listening to His words as often as we can.

Hebrews 11:7 says, "By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household." Noah listened to God and built an ark to save himself and his family. Today Jesus is the ark that God has prepared for us. He speaks to us through the Bible. God wants to strengthen us and protect us from the influence of the external world. So obey His Word, for He is reliable. God wants us to change our attitude and our way of thinking. He hopes that we can join and glorify His great work.

We will face great challenges, but there is a saying, "The greater the challenge is, the greater the success will be." We should be convinced that through Him we can do all things. Because of this we no longer have any fear! May God bless you.