Strength in weakness

Those who live by faith are swimming against the currents of this world. There is no logic to Christian faith. If anyone were to try to reconcile faith and logic, they’d end up lost and confused.

The Lord Jesus said that the first would be last and the last would be first, the older shall serve the younger and whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for His sake will find it.

Even the power of the Almighty is perfected in the weak. Paul noticed that his weaknesses were signs of his strength. During his moments of pain and sorrow he heard a gentle voice say: “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”

Assured by those words of faith, he then confessed, “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).

And so, because of his times of humiliation, Paul learned that whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. In the Kingdom of God, whoever is eager to gain, ends up losing; and whoever is unafraid to lose, wins. It’s exactly the opposite of the rules of this world.

So, dear readers, if you’re feeling down, weak, humiliated or embarrassed, know that all these things are a sign of God’s strength perfecting you in your weakness. Raise your head high, dust off your shoulders and keep on going because God is with you.