LORD, YOUR Strength Is Made Perfect In My Weakness.

Our weakness
(J.R. Miller, "Help for the Day")

When we are strong,

or deem ourselves strong--

we are really weak, since then

we trust in ourselves, and do

not seek Divine help.

But when we are consciously 

weak, knowing ourselves unequal

to our duties and struggles--

we are strong, because then we

turn to CHRIST and get HIS strength.

Too many people think that their

weakness is a barrier to their

usefulness, or make it an excuse

for doing little with their life.

Instead of this, however,

if we trust CHRIST, HE will

transform our weakness into 

strength. HE says HIS strength 

is made perfect in weakness; 

that is, what is lacking in human 

strength, HE fills and makes 

up with Divine strength.

Paul had learned this when 

he said he gloried now in his 

weaknesses, because on 

account of them the strength 

of CHRIST rested upon him--

so that when he was weak, 

then he was strong.

"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. 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 12:9-10

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