Psalm 146:2 "I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live."

Monday, November 1, 2010

Strength Made Perfect

Hi Everyone,

2 Corinthians 12:1-10 "I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows—was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That 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."

Isn't it amazing that when we are weak, IN CHRIST we are strong? I love that!

At the same time of we flip that statement by saying that When we are strong (strong meaning that we are depending upon ourselves and our flesh instead of CHRIST, we are weak.

Apart from Him we can do nothing! Lord, make that reality even root deeper in our minds, hearts, and lives today.....so that we NEVER forget our dependence upon You. May Your strength be ever evodent in our weakness so that YOU are glorified.

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