I am weak but He is strong

Weakness is seen as a terrible thing in our society. “Only the strong survive” is the accepted mantra worldwide. Many are ashamed that they are weak. Many pray that their weakness will be removed by God. Paul did just that in 2 Corinthnians when he pleaded with God three times to take away an infirmity from him, he referred to it as a “thorn in the flesh” being given to him. (It is widely believed that the infirmity was poor eyesight, but I’m not sure if that is what it is.) The Lord refused, telling him that His grace was sufficient for Paul and His strength was made perfect in weakness. Instead of resenting the fact that God did not do as he asked and remove his infirmity, from that point forward, Paul felt glorified by his infirmity and took pleasure in knowing that the power of Christ would rest upon him for it.

Time and again throughout the Bible, God chose weak and seemingly poor choices of servants to perform His work. Moses for example had a speech defect. He pleaded with God to choose someone else to be the CEO for the tribe of Israel. God told him not to worry about it, it was God who wouold deal with those problems and He did. God could have removed the speech defect, but He chose not to, thereby demonstrating His magnificent power of utilizing the weak to take down the most powerful ruler of the world the pharoah of Egypt. It was God who did it, not Moses. David using a slingshot to kill Goliath the most feared warrior of the land is another example.

God utilizes the weak for His own purposes as He sees fit. We do not know when, where, or how, but we should have faith that in the time of His choosing things will bloom and yield fruit for the faithful. God will not always respond affirmatively to prayer of faith and sometimes His answer is going to be no. He did not respond affirmatively to His own Son’s prayer in Gethsemane either, so do not feel that you are being singled out if your prayer is not answered according to what “you” think is the right answer. The right answer to us may be the exact opposite of the right answer for God. The good thing about that scenario is that God knows all and we do not. We should just pray as we are led to pray, but roll with the punch and await God’s decision knowing that it is always perfect.

Christ’s procalmation and Paul’s summary below should be a great model for us to follow:


2 Cor. 12:9

And He said to me, “My grace is

sufficient for you, for My strength is

made perfect in weakness.” Therefore

most gladly I will boast

in my infirmities, that the power of

Christ may rest upon me.

Therefore I take pleasure in

infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in

persecutions, in distress, for

Christ’s sake. For when I am weak,

then I am strong.

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