“Power Is Made Perfect In Weakness”
…even considering the exceptional
character of the revelations. Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a
thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me
from being too elated. Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it
would leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power
is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my
weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am content
with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake
of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
There are times when our two hands
don’t communicate with each other. If you build a bridge, it should not only
hold its own strength, but also the weight of cars and trucks that travel over
it. Engineers deal with tensile strength of the material in their construction plans, that are required to bear large amounts of stress due
to weight. Tensile strength is the maximum amount of stretching a material can
withstand before it tears. If the engineers miscalculate, the structure may
collapse under the pressure. When we are under the weight of stress and
hardship, we may wonder whether our Lord, who engineered us, has miscalculated
our personal “tensile strength.” We are certain that we are going to collapse
under the weight of the trials, but our Designer knows exactly what we can
handle by His grace.
Your problems
can never exhaust God’s provisions.
Our Daily
Bread –