In each and everyone of our lives, we have areas that we are not strong in, and sometimes we fail to realize that us not having strength in an area is not a bad thing. For me, it was not until recently that I was able to get the real revelaton that weakness is something that I can actually have joy about. I know you may be thinking girl you are crazy? There is no way you can be happy about having weak areas. And my response to anyone thinking that is yes i can, and so can you. If you had asked me about a month ago, I may have told you otherwise, but now I am at a point of joy and contentment in my struggles.
About two weeks ago, during our most recent series called "Mind Games", my Pastor quoted the scripture from 2 Corinthians 12:9 which reads:
This scripture is written by Paul to the church at Corinth. In the beginning of the text, Paul shows that he has things he can boast about but rather than that he was choosing to boast about his weakness. The weakness, Paul refers to as a thorn in his flesh which was preventing him from boasting in the mighty things he was done. This thorn was allowing Paul to boast in the weaknesses that he had as a man. Paul asked the Lord to take the thorn away, but the response that he was given was "...my grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness" (v. 9) In this moment when the Lord refused to take his thorn away, Paul realized that rather than allowing it to hinder him, he could have joy and boast because Christ was working in this midst of his weakness.
I dont know about you, but to me, that is mind blowing, and a true act of humility. You see Paul had things he could brag about for days, but it would not be something to bring glory to God but rather himself. In bragging about God working in his weakness he was able to show others that Christ is able to work in us when we come to the end of ourselves.
In this past week I was tested in this area highly. And I will not lie, like Paul there were times when I just wanted God to take it all away and let me have it easy. But as a Christian our lives are not going to be easy, we are going to get tested and tried, just like Jesus did. The great thing is we do not have to go through it alone. In the midst of my tests I was reminded that Jesus can work in my weakness, so I handed my issues over to him and said Daddy take it. When I did that God worked in my situation. I realized that I as a human am weak but the God that I serve is not. His strength is all that I need to get through anything.
I encourage you on this weak to allow our Heaveanly Father to work in your weakness. You can't do it on your own and the truth is you can't. Depend on his strength and let him work in your weakness.
God bless,
Tamika
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