Let’s face it, we are weak…

As we get out of bed and put our feet on the floor with a stretch, we look at what is before us for the day with great excitement thinking ‘I can do this…‘  But, whether it is a job/project to finish, a customer to take care of, or a desk to organize; there are times when we bite off more than we can chew so to speak.  We get tripped up and trapped in what we can actually do for ourselves, others, and most importantly for Jesus.

Now before we arrive in the doldrums of despair, we must realize that God knows our physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional frame – that we are dust (Psm. 103:14).  The Apostle Paul – a great man of God – echoed this same state of indigence when he said that it is not profitable to him to boast about himself (in II Cor. 12); and though he was shown many great things, he was troubled with a “thorn in the flesh”.  Paul, someone that all Jesus Followers look up to, pleaded & begged three times with the Lord for this painful circumstance to be removed.  And how did the Lord respond?  Did He react by just answering his request like some sort of genie in a bottle?  On the contrary, look closely at V9: “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness”.

So as we put our feet on the ground for the day, let’s live to have a heart that desires to kneel first at the feet of the Lord, knowing that it is by His sufficient grace we are able to do what we do throughout the day.  As we walk in the Spirit, following the very footsteps of Jesus in this life, let us brag about our feeble, weak, and frail stature apart from the Lord.  For surely we can have the power of Christ then.  We can then say like Paul “For when I am weak, then I am strong” (V10).

Scott C.