You know those days where you weed-eat from 8-5?
No? Just me?
Well after two full days of weed-eating I found myself venting (dramatically I do admit) to my coworker Ben about how stinkin' tired my arms were. They were all shaky and weird... pretty much good for nothing. Then came the typical soreness. A couple days after that, as I went about my daily business, I felt a wee bit stronger! Could it be true? That bowling ball didn't seem so heavy... that chair wasn't so hard to lift... those pushups weren't so bad (ok just kidding). Well then I got to thinking...
2 Corinthians 12:9 says, "'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."
Our God is not ashamed of our weaknesses, He knows we are weak. He knows we need His power... and boy does he provide it. I diverge from the weed-eating example (that only really gets us so far hah). The more we rely on Him, the more we can be used, the more we grow, the more we bare fruit, and the more we trust God.
Have you ever felt like you were failing? completely useless and weak? Yet something beautiful came out of it? THAT is God. Our weakness for His glory.
I am so thankful for those times.
Our brokenness reminds us how much we need God, which is the bigger truth behind our weakness. They allow Him to shine light through us, so that we can not boast in anything but the power of Christ our Lord. So that we grow closer to understanding Him. Galatians 6:14 says, "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ."
He truly makes beauty out of our brokenness.
The Lord Jesus is the only thing worth boasting in.
Our God is not ashamed of our weaknesses, He knows we are weak. He knows we need His power... and boy does he provide it. I diverge from the weed-eating example (that only really gets us so far hah). The more we rely on Him, the more we can be used, the more we grow, the more we bare fruit, and the more we trust God.
Have you ever felt like you were failing? completely useless and weak? Yet something beautiful came out of it? THAT is God. Our weakness for His glory.
I am so thankful for those times.
Our brokenness reminds us how much we need God, which is the bigger truth behind our weakness. They allow Him to shine light through us, so that we can not boast in anything but the power of Christ our Lord. So that we grow closer to understanding Him. Galatians 6:14 says, "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ."
He truly makes beauty out of our brokenness.
The Lord Jesus is the only thing worth boasting in.
I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection
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