"To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said, "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. 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."
This really spoke to me during my devotions last night. My weakness is when Christ is strengthening me for something greater than myself. He is changing me into the woman he wants me to become, and, praise the Lord, I am not a completed work just yet; this isn't the final product! I may be down, but I'm not out. For the glory of God I will delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, and in difficulties, just as Paul did. I know this isn't going to be easy, or without many tears, but I desire greatly to be more like Christ and for Him to say when I am taken into heaven, "Well done my good and faithful servant. Now take rest and be free." Praise be to the Lord!
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