09/02/2026
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 ❤️
Paul is begging God to take this thorn from him. Something is hurting him, and he is asking God to remove it, take it away, heal him. But God says no.
Paul isn’t just casually praying about it. He’s pleading. He desperately wants God to fix it. But God gives him a different answer:
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
God was telling Paul, “What you are facing is not greater than what I can give you to face it.”
God is greater than the pain.
When we go through hard times, we tend to pray for a fix. We pray for healing. We pray for God to take the thorn away. And sometimes, God does. But sometimes, our prayers don’t get answered in the way we hoped. Sometimes the thorn remains, and we have to trust that God will give us the strength and grace to walk through it.
That’s what Paul had to learn.
In the moment, we often think our thorns are the worst thing in the world. We feel like we’re never going to get out of it. We’re never going to feel better. And sometimes, giving up can seem easier than continuing to fight.
But God knows us. God sees what we cannot see. And even when He doesn’t remove the thorn, He promises that His grace is enough.
Sometimes we look back on the hard seasons of our lives and realize, “God carried me through that. He taught me through that. He showed me that I could depend on Him even when I couldn’t depend on myself.”
We don’t always understand the why while we’re in the middle of the storm. But we can trust the One who is with us in it.
Give it to God. Lean on Him. Trust Him.
When we’re in the thick of it, we can remember that His grace is enough to get us through.
Today, I pray that whatever thorns you are dealing with, you have the strength to trust God, lean on His grace, and let Him guide you through it. ❤️🙏🏼