People don't really talk this way anymore. This happened in the old days, when people relied on themselves less and on God more. I'm speaking generally, of course. There are a lot of people who rely on God, but not enough. See, when we start to rely on our own strength (the arm of the flesh) to get through, even the strongest will fail. We are human, after all.
I think the problem lies in which target we are shooting for. When the goal is to get wealth or fame, or even just get by from day to day providing the things we need, it is easy to start depending on our own strength. I mean, God is great, but I've got to get to work to earn a paycheck, right? When our goal is the eternities, it doesn't change the necessity of providing temporally for our families, but the purpose changes. We start trying to live better lives and we start to use our strength not only for our own good, but also our families, and society at large. When God sees that we will do this with whatever strength we may have, He steps in and provides us strength that we didn't know we had (because we don't, at least not on our own).
Sometimes I forget. Getting caught up in the day to day makes it easy. However, I know that I am happier, and ultimately more successful when I remember this fact: that God loves me and wants me to succeed, and be happy. He is concerned with and aware of my worries and fears. He has provided strength for me in hard times in my life. I have felt Him there. I know that this is true, for I feel of His love through the Spirit even now as I write, testifying to me of these things. And for that I am grateful. And that really does give me strength.
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