2 Corinthians 12:9-10
"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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
Life, now, to me, isn't at its best.
I feel all weak, all least confident, all lost.
It is as if I am dragging two boulders behind my back, lost in the desert.
It is as if my skin is ripped from my body.
(Don't ask me why, but I just feel so)
But here, Paul, is delighting in all the bad that may happen. He is even boasting about it. It just shows his complete reliance on God. This is so much faith.
He even believes that all the challenges are to strengthen him.
How can so much positive spirit be in a suffering soul?
I want to be like him- to boast about my weakness through troubled times so that my Lord's power will consume me. To be vulnerable.
In face of weak times, I usually get so upset and depressed.
But now, I see that God never leaves me and I have nothing to fear or be bothered about my troubles because God frees me, and strengthens me.
Amen,
Fiona.
I feel all weak, all least confident, all lost.
It is as if I am dragging two boulders behind my back, lost in the desert.
It is as if my skin is ripped from my body.
(Don't ask me why, but I just feel so)
But here, Paul, is delighting in all the bad that may happen. He is even boasting about it. It just shows his complete reliance on God. This is so much faith.
He even believes that all the challenges are to strengthen him.
How can so much positive spirit be in a suffering soul?
I want to be like him- to boast about my weakness through troubled times so that my Lord's power will consume me. To be vulnerable.
In face of weak times, I usually get so upset and depressed.
But now, I see that God never leaves me and I have nothing to fear or be bothered about my troubles because God frees me, and strengthens me.
Amen,
Fiona.
1 comment:
What a resounding 'For when I am weak, then I am strong."!
This was the verse that kept me going for many of the struggles that I faced in my life. And reading it again is like a reminder to me; that I have to remember God in times of weakness, so that I may find strength to carry on.
I am guilty too, of throwing Him to the back of my mind in difficulties, as I try to focus on the task and my own limited power. That's why I keep falling over my inadequate abilities.
Sigh, it's time to be vulnerable.
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