Glorying in Weaknesses

UV 811/10,000 Glorying in Weaknesses And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12 v 9 While man is most concerned with abilities or competence, the Lord is more concerned about faithfulness. When we are faithful and dependent on Him for leadership, strength and wisdom, He is more than able to fill the deficiencies in our skill set. Once we align our mind set with Him and His Word, He is prepared to fill us with His grace. Our attitude unlike the rest of the world should be not to take pride in our abilities but in knowing our weaknesses and taking these infirmities to the Lord. This is the reason the Lord glories in qualifying the called rather than calling the qualified. When we glory in our infirmities or weaknesses, we please the Lord with His humility and find grace or favour with Him. He is not pleased with those who are brash and boastful. Those who are ever aware of their limitations and the unlimited grace, power and mercy of God are the ones He calls. He called Moses who knew he was a stamerrer and a poor communicator. He called Gideon who knew he was the least in the smallest of families in his clan. The more weaknesses we discover in ourselves the greater is our potential before the Lord. He will know that He can do much with such as us without us ever claiming or believing that we did any of it on our own. The Lord joins His unlimited strength and wisdom with the areas of our weakness. His grace and power begins to operate in these areas for the glory of God. If we do not have enough talents, He says, “ No problem, I can work with your lack of talent and bestow my power on you.” If we do not have enough strength or health, He says, “ No problem, I can cause healing and strength to rise in you.” If we say we do not have enough resources, He says, “ No problem, I can supply whatever you need.” When Mary said they had run out of wine at the marriage feast in Cana, it became an opportunity for Jesus to make the wine overflow. When the disciples said that they had five loaves and seven fish, Jesus multiplied it to overflow. The Lord’s full extent of power, wisdom and grace is given full expression in the areas of our physical, intellectual and spiritual deficiency. In our deficiencies, His abundance is revealed. Prateep V Philip