In the world of Strongman competitions, the events push athletes beyond human limits—pulling trucks, lifting stones that weigh hundreds of pounds, carrying logs on their shoulders. 

Strongman competitor Nick Best, known as “the strongest man you’ve never heard of,” has openly talked about how his faith carries him through. At over 50 years old, he was competing against men half his age, Nick has said the only way he’s still able to endure the brutal toll of training and competition is because of God’s strength in his life.

In an interview, he explained that he prays before every event, asking the Lord to steady his mind and give him the power to push through. Nick said, “There’s no way I should be able to do what I do at my age. But I know God gives me the strength to keep going when my body wants to stop.” For him, strength competitions aren’t just about personal records, they’re a platform to point to the One who gives true strength.

The world celebrates raw power, but the Kingdom of God celebrates surrendered weakness. Paul begged the Lord to remove his “thorn in the flesh” he mentions in 2 Corinthians 12, but God’s answer wasn’t deliverance, it was grace. Grace that doesn’t always take away the pain or the weakness, but gives you and I supernatural strength to endure it.

When you focus so heavily on prayer and fasting, you are voluntarily entering into weakness. Your body feels it, your mind wrestles with it, your heart sometimes resists it. But that weakness is an opportunity, it’s the very place where God’s power wants to rest. The moments when you feel empty are the moments God can fill you most fully. Just like Nick Best’s formidable strength didn’t come from muscle alone but from a will beyond the body, your victories in this season won’t come from your willpower alone. They will come from the Spirit of God working through you, proving that His strength is greater than your weakness.

Today, write down an area of your life where you feel weakest right now. Instead of hiding it, pray over it, and ask God to let His power rest on that weakness. Each time you feel weak today, or at all in your life, whisper Paul’s words: “When I am weak, then I am strong.”

Your weakness is not your downfall; it is God’s doorway. The power of Christ rests on those who admit they cannot carry the weight alone. When you reach your limit, you will find the limitless strength of God waiting to lift you higher than you thought possible.