Our world
prizes strength - the physical strength of athletes, the financial strength of
companies, the political strength of office-holders, and the military strength
of armies. But Paul put a new twist on the notion of strength - Weakness can
make a person strong (2 Cor. 12:7-10).
Most of us
would have no problem with God using our natural areas of strength, such as
speaking, organizing, managing, or selling. But suppose he chose instead to use
us in areas where we are weak? Moses claimed to be a poor speaker (Ex. 4:10),
yet God used him as his spokesman on Israel’s behalf.
Peter tended
to be impulsive and even hotheaded, yet God used him as one of the chief architects
of the early Church. Weakness has a way of making us rely on God
far more than our strengths do. What weakness in your life might God desire to
use for his purposes?
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