“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” - 2 Corinthians 12:9
Just another verse from the Apostle Paul? Or is it the beginning of understanding?
Two social media posts from friends this week testify that the opening verse of this story rings true.
The first post was from my friend Kortney. She shared a video to mark the sixth month anniversary of her heart and double-lung transplant. She nearly died six months ago but was given the gift of life.
The second was from another friend, coincidentally named Paul, who suddenly fell ill three months ago. He too almost died, yet somehow he lived. Why? Why were these two people given life rather than death? Let's go back and read some more from the Apostle Paul's second letter to the church in Corinth.
"Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰That 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." - 2 Corinthians 9-10
How can we become strong when we are weak?
In our weakest moments - when we are sick, or in desperate need - that's when our prayers have the most strength. It is in OUR weakness that we become strong. Not through our own strength, but through God's.
In our daily prayers, how do we become weak? By humbling ourselves first. By getting our hearts in the right position, one of humility and surrender, FIRST. THEN we pray.
"See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious." - Lamentations 1:20
"Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. ²³They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
“²⁴The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” - Lamentations 3:22-24
Both of my friends praised God and gave Him thanks, because of they recognized their own weakness. May we do the same when WE are weak. When we seek Him with all of our hearts.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness - Chris Rice
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