12/01/2016
His power is made perfect in weakness!
But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong (2 Corinthians 12:9 – 12:10 ESV)
His power is made perfect in my weakness. Wow, what a shift. Instead of asking God to remove the things that plague made ”my laziness, my pride, my depression, my difficult stage of life maybe all this time I should have been praying for Him to be my strength in all these things.
So I stop.
Stop asking for Him to make me different than I am. Stop trying to be something I am not. Stop pleading for Him to take away these “thorns”.
I have had it all backwards!
I am insufficient, but His grace is sufficient.
I am weak and His power is made perfect in that weakness.
I want to hide my problems, fix them and celebrate my victories. Instead, I am to boast gladly of my weakness.
Trying to make myself strong only leads to fatigue, yet Christ’s unending power rests in me.
I am discontent with my weakness and difficulties, but I can choose to have contentment knowing He has a plan for it all, for the sake of the glory of Christ.
Strength comes through the weakness.
Written by Katie
Therefore, let God be glorified in your weakness, He created you with it and He had a good plan to beautify every area of your life if you could trust and believe Him for your perfection.
God bless