Grace is Sufficient

March 22, 2008 – Saturday

My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

II Corinthians 12:9

Dear Lord, thank You for using me even when I am weak and feeble. Amen.

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2 Corinthians 12
Paul's Vision and His Thorn
1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. 3And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell. 5I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. 6Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say.
7To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But 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. 10That 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.
How true is this – when I am weak He has the opportunity to come into my life and bless me with all the things that are required to accomplish the tasks He has placed in my path. Invite Him in today, ask Him to reveal His Truth today about your life, He can help you as you grow and mature in Him, and then you will be a better representative of Him.

In Jesus Precious Name. Amen.