Sufficient Grace

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 12:9-11

• Delight- a high degree of gratification or pleasure : joy -extreme satisfaction

Every time I read the above scripture, I scratch my head. A few verses prior to Paul saying he delights in insults, difficulties, etc., he begs the Lord 3 times to take away a “thorn in his flesh.” It seems as if he is contradicting himself. How could anyone delight in an insult? How could anyone delight in difficulties or hardships? How could anyone delight in weakness?

Maybe the apostle Paul is exaggerating just a bit.

Then the light bulb hits. When Paul hears the still small voice of God and the Holy Spirit speaking to him, his attitude changes.

“My grace is sufficient for you, Paul. My infinite power is made perfect in your weakness.”

My grace is sufficient for you, Lori. My infinite power is made perfect in your weakness.”

Wow!! When I think about His power at work in my life, I suddenly settle within my spirit. I suddenly have the overwhelming, unexplained peace of God. All the sudden my weakness feels like strength. It’s not my strength, but the strength and power of the Holy Spirit at work in me.

It gets better. The weaker I am, the stronger His power is at work in me. The greater the hardship or the worse the insult, the greater His power at work in me.

The only way we can delight in hardships is if we truly believe the word of God.

We must truly believe ‘His power is made perfect in our weakness.’ The only way to truly believe in His word is to meditate on it and speak it out loud day and night.

Say it over and over my friends… HIS Power is made perfect in MY weakness.

How will you Devote2Day?