Friday Devotional:  Our Weaknesses Should Force Us Call To Call Out to God – Help!

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.

2Corinthians 12:9 NIV

Today’s devotional title suggests that we should call out to God for help when we find ourselves in situations that seem overwhelming or without a solution.  But, do we do that, or do we continue to keep trying to fix them ourselves because to do otherwise might mean that we are failing at something that we believe we should be able to figure out and handle ourselves? I don’t think that any of us have to take some type of test to help us identify what our weaknesses are, but the “good news” (God) is that they do not have to define or defeat us. Or, perhaps you may be one of those rare creatures who doesn’t have any weaknesses that you know of or will admit to.  Raise your hand if that’s you.  Just so you know, I’m not raising my hand because I’ve experienced lots of situations where, despite my best efforts and the best of intentions,  I’ve failed or wanted to quit and give up, and thus felt weak and not so good about myself.  However, since we are mere human beings, and not God, I think that we frequently are too hard on ourselves, feeling that we are weak if we are not able to get something accomplished.  But on whose strength and power was I relying on to get it done?  I think if I’m being honest, I might have been trying to do everything by my own measly power and strength.  With that as the formula for our undertakings, we are most likely not going to be very successful.  We are weak (not a fatality), but He is strong (always), and by His power (unending), we can do anything “if “   we let go and let God handle it.  He invites us to do just that because, as the verse quoted above plainly states, God’s strength and power “is most effective”  in our weakness because He works best when we get out of His way.

I believe that God wants us to know that the only power that giving into that feeling of weakness has is the power we give it.  Instead of considering our weakness in certain instances as failures, we might be better served to view them as providing God with opportunities to do His best work.  God’s grace, strength, and power is there for the taking.  He said it, and I believe Him, so I’m going to give this a try the next time (or times) I’m feeling that God has given me more than I can possibly handle.

Have a very blessings-filled weekend and week. We invite and would welcome you to join us Sundays at Grace Harbor for Adult Bible Study at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday Worship Service and Children’s Sunday School at 10:00 a.m.  This Sunday, September 24^th, Grace Harbor is blessed to have our Missionaries from Laos, Matt & Lori Mann, join us for Adult Sunday School and Worship Service, where they will be sharing an update of their Laos Missions Ministry.

Love In Him, Charlotte