I Corinthians 2, My Weakness, His Strength.

 

I Corinthians 2, My Weakness, His Strength

 

Our weakness shows itself in human frailty, doubt, and fear. This usually brings us to the end of ourselves. This either causes anxiety or it can be the beginning of a special life with God. When we live where we are weak in order that God may be strong, miracles happen, and lives are changed for the sake of the kingdom. Furthermore, it is God who is seen doing the work, He is the one to be glorified. But we humans who live and think carnally rather than spiritually tend to think we give our best to God and do the work of His kingdom all by our own powers. The problem with this is that we tend to cave in when our own effort is exhausted during serious trials. We forget that during our weakness, that God can still work mightily. When we succeed, then we realize that it was all accomplished by God. We must realize that our best efforts don’t get the job done. We must depend on God. We become weakest when we don’t admit, or won’t admit, that we have any weaknesses. The desire to be strong blinds us to our need to see and admit our weaknesses. Because of our denial, we stay weak. The Apostle Paul struggled with his weaknesses and prayed repeatedly that it be removed. God’s answer was that His grace is sufficient. In other words, Paul would be fine living in God’s presence, and that God’s power will come alive in Paul’s weakness. We as humans tend to respond to our weakness by whining, bargaining, cursing, and turning away. We keep begging God to do it our way instead of His. We would prefer not to hear God say, “His grace is sufficient.” When Paul realized that God wasn’t going to take away his thorn in the flesh, he realized he could be glad about his weakness and even boast about it because through his weakness God would be glorified in it. Therefore, he chose to be content. It brought to truth that the joy of the Lord, not good circumstances, not good health, not lots of money, and not spiritual perfection, is our strength.

The “things which God has prepared” for His people, the future blessings in heaven with Him, are not seen, heard, or even imagined by ordinary humans. Yet believers can see, hear, and imagine these blessings because “God has revealed them to us through His Spirit.” The presence of the Holy Spirit in believers’ lives gives comfort and guidance as we live on this earth; His presence also gives solid assurance of our future in heaven.

 

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