Perfect In Weakness

Perfect In Weakness

"When I am weak, then I am strong."
2nd Corinthians 12:10

In the Old Testament God repeatedly told the leaders of Israel to reduce the size of their armies, and announced how their victories would be won. He sent a small weak man, David, out to fight the mighty giant Goliath. Why do you think that God would have done this? The answer is that God wanted the people to place their trust in Him, and not in their own strength. God's work, done in God's way, will never lack for God's provision. The Lord told Paul, "My strength is made perfect in weakness." 2nd Corinthians 12:9. Having learned this lesson, Paul could then believe the scripture above. Only when Paul admitted his own weakness, and was willing to get out of the way, and trust and have faith in God, could God take over and give him victory. If we try to do God's will in our own strength, then we will want to take the credit for whatever gets accomplished, and will begin to think that we don't need God. We begin to think that we have the answers for all our problems, and want to do things our way. We need to realize that all things that we do, all the successes we may have, are not done by our own strength, but by God letting us succeed. There is nothing that we can do, that God could not stop instantly if He chooses. There is also nothing that can stop us from succeeding in all things, if this is God's will for us. The lesson we should all learn from these scriptures, is that we must trust and have faith in God, in all things, as according to His will, everything that He has in store for us will be accomplished. Our job is to trust in Him for the victory, in the way that He provides. When we let His strength work through us, then He alone will get the glory, not us, as this is the way it should be.
My Daily Devotional Volume Six
June 18
Robert William Brock, Jr.