“For my strength is made perfect in weakness”
We like strength, we like to feel we are strong. That’s a good thing, a lot of good comes from strength.
Sometimes, in some situations, we don’t have strength. We have weakness.
God can use our weakness for his glory. When we are strong, we may be tempted to take credit for great things. When we are weak, however, may just be an opportunity for God to get credit, to show His great power.
In the Bible, Paul had a weakness. He asked God to remove it. Instead, God told Paul that His grace would be enough to sustain him. Then the astonishing verse “my strength is made perfect in weakness”.
”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.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9 -10
Some may think this only applies to spiritual things. It does not. The infirmity referred to is a physical infirmity. But it could be anything – a skill you don’t have, a trait that you wish you had, e.g. the looks, the talent, the skills, the physical strength, the connections, the wealth.
Rather than complain about not having these things, let us “most gladly” “glory in my infirmities”. Why should we do that? “that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” What! Do you want the power of Christ to rest upon you? Then glory in your infirmities. Accept that God will work His glory with you with those infirmities. Surrender to God where you are, as you are, believing God’s great and might power to perform His work and His will.
In the aspects of our lives where we are most frail, or where we have the most suffering, we bring great glory to God when we trust Him.
“for when I am weak, then am I strong”.