2 Corinthians 12:9

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28 June, 2023

28

JUN

2 CORINTHIANS 12:9

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.

TO PONDER 

Many of you feel unqualified to be emissaries and witnesses to the greatness of God. You have a voice in your head saying you are not up to the task of being a proactive child of God in your home or your street. The voice is on a loop, telling you exactly how weak and unworthy you are to carry the name, Christian. That the voice is the Devil, and he speaks the truth – in part. You are too weak and incompetent to be identified as a servant of the Most High God, unable to be his person of peace and power among the devilish things in this world – in your own right.

It is then, also a lie because the implication is that you are alone and must work out of your own wisdom and strength. St. Paul encourages us to take pleasure in our weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that we suffer for Christ. For when we are weak, then we are strong. God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness, through faith that he acts as and when we need him.

 

PRAYER: Jesus Yahweh, you are our ever-present help in times of trouble and testing. Jesus Messiah, King of kings, let your power rest on me today so that, as it did with St. Paul, my influence in the world will be one of powerful and creative change in my community. Amen.


Today's devotion written by David Schuppan, LifeWay Illawarra