SCRIPTURE: 2Corinthians (NIV) 12:9 But he said to me, “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. 10 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.
OBSERVATION: God’s power is best seen in a person’s life in areas where they have little or no power of their own. Credit cannot go to them, for everyone knows they have no talent, or wisdom, or strength to accomplish what is needed. All the credit and glory must go to the Lord. And they are delighted when God gets the glory!
APPLICATION: I should be delighted, but at times I am troubled when God calls me to do something out of my comfort zone. Only after God has proved Himself faithful in accomplishing through me what I could not accomplish myself do I relax and rejoice in His Presence.
In driving a school bus for 15 years, I had become comfortable, enjoying the interactions with the students. But last week, the Lord had me working in the front office of an automotive muffler shop. At times I saw that my weaknesses became His strengths. I could not talk much about automotive mechanics and exhaust systems, but the Lord helped me turn the conversation to spiritual things.
PRAYER: Lord, I know you will never call me to do what you are not willing to do through me. More and more, help me to relax and enjoy the journey. Amen.
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