“WHEN I AM WEAK!”

 2 Corinthians 12:9-10                                    (ESV)

“9 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 of my weaknesses, so that the POWER of CHRIST may rest upon me.

10 For the sake of CHRIST, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For “WHEN I AM WEAK”, then I am strong.”

Being awakened before you are “rested” can cause your day to begin on a path that is something short of desirable.  Being able to identify the cause of your discontent can be extremely frustrating, even maddening!  When we sleep, generally we REST, restoring our bodies abilities to cognitively process matters in a rational manner, or simply put, we THINK CLEARLY.  When we don’t REST, our abilities to THINK CLEARLY often becomes clouded and fuzzy, especially when we have pressure from our surroundings.  

Have pressures that occur exactly at the time when we DON’T need them IS NOT circumstantial!  When the confluence of multiple things occurs when we are less than at our optimal abilities, it is a PERFECT TIME for GOD to display HIS POWER.  The Apostle Paul states that he “....will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the POWER of CHRIST may rest upon me.”  He understood that both he and CHRIST couldn’t be in control at the same time.  JESUS says in Matthew 6 and Luke 16 that man CANNOT serve two masters!  

So when I am not “rested”, it behooves me to allow my CREATOR to control my actions, AND WORDS, as I am in no condition to be driving something that can hurt others so badly.  “WHEN I AM WEAK”, which I often am, I need to yield to CHRIST!  Only HE can overcome my “weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities”, and Heaven knows I have plenty!  Being a large man, I have been physically strong for most of my adult life.  But Spiritually is a TOTALLY different thing.  “WHEN I AM WEAK”, Spiritually, HE steps in a displays HIS ABILITIES through my feebleness, and like Paul, I AM FINE WITH THAT!!!