I am weak, but He is strong
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. ~ 2 Corinthians 12:10
But now that you know God - or rather are known by God - how is that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? ~ Galatians 4:9
My devotional today had both of these verses in it, which got me thinking. I am a very self-sufficient person. I always have been. As a young child, I once disappeared from where I was playing (while at my aunt and uncle's house) and my parents found me in sleeping in the bedroom they told me was mine while we were there. And when I got older, if I got sick in the middle of the night, I would often change my own sheets without waking my parents up. So you can imagine that weakness and relying on someone else doesn't really come easily to me - even when that someone is the one who created me.
I had this realization a while back that when I pray for God's help what I really am asking for is for God to give me the ability to do what I think I need to do by myself. But sometimes what God sends is someone to rely on or lend a hand. Or sometimes God is telling me I need to let go of something and simply say no. Neither of which come easily to me. But the reality is that I cannot do everything, no matter how much I like to think I can. I need to admit my weakness, and rely on God's strength in whatever form it presents itself.
But now that you know God - or rather are known by God - how is that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? ~ Galatians 4:9
My devotional today had both of these verses in it, which got me thinking. I am a very self-sufficient person. I always have been. As a young child, I once disappeared from where I was playing (while at my aunt and uncle's house) and my parents found me in sleeping in the bedroom they told me was mine while we were there. And when I got older, if I got sick in the middle of the night, I would often change my own sheets without waking my parents up. So you can imagine that weakness and relying on someone else doesn't really come easily to me - even when that someone is the one who created me.
I had this realization a while back that when I pray for God's help what I really am asking for is for God to give me the ability to do what I think I need to do by myself. But sometimes what God sends is someone to rely on or lend a hand. Or sometimes God is telling me I need to let go of something and simply say no. Neither of which come easily to me. But the reality is that I cannot do everything, no matter how much I like to think I can. I need to admit my weakness, and rely on God's strength in whatever form it presents itself.
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