Friday, December 21, 2018

The Alpha of Overcoming Weakness

UV 2141/10000 The Alpha of Overcoming Weakness
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
2 Corinthians 13 v 4
Jesus embraced absolute weakness as He hanged on the cross. God Himself taken captive. He did not lift a finger to prevent His flogging, His being mocked, His being nailed to the instrument of execution- two wooden beams. In so doing, He removed the beam blocking our vision- our own blindness and weakness. We no longer have to hide our weaknesses or hide from the consequences of our weaknesses. Jesus had before the crucifixion declared Himself as no one else ever did as the Life and the Resurrection. The very same resurrection power freed Him from His state of absolute weakness- death and the grave. That same absolute power or strength is at work in us who believe to help us aim for perfection, to overcome our weaknesses that cause us to yield to evil.

We now live by the absolute power of God that perfects all things and all who believe. We die to our weaknesses and live in the strength of the Lord. Thereby, we overcome our weaknesses of spirit, mind and body. We can now live the 5 D life of devotion to God, dedication to serve man in the name of God, determination to set goals and achieve these, discipline to cut out whatever is unnecessary and to focus on our goals and our ultimate vision, diligence in studying the word in order to excel and shine for God in this world of darkness. The resurrection power of the Lord not only helps the prodigal son come back but also deals with the inner attitudes and motives of those who have apparently not strayed away like the elder son. Jesus the elder Son becomes the One to go and bring back all the prodigal sons and daughters even at the cost of His own life. The power of the Lord is able to deal not only with overt acts of rebellion or disobedience of God but also the very heart and spirit of disobedience or weakness. For obedience of God is strength and power while disobedience is weakness.
When we rejoice or delight in the word of God, the name of the Lord and in the Holy Spirit, we experience the strength of the Lord, the absolute power of God surging through our veins. We now have the power to break the jaws of the spiritual lion or predator of evil and to surrender to the Lion of Zion-Jesus. We have the authority to stamp on serpents and scorpions- the forces of darkness that are more subtle and hidden. The Resurrection power that brought Jesus back from death is able to make us return from the brink of crisis, failure, defeat and death. We are now supernaturally natural and naturally supernatural. The Lord has tagged us for a miracle of His supreme power, nay He has tagged us to be the miracle ourselves in this life and beyond.

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful depiction of Jesus Christ and very correctly and beautifully put " supernaturally natural and naturally supernatural" very encouraging sir

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