“For when I Am weak, I am strong.” As I was helping her I kept saying “For when I am weak, He is strong.” That is how I’ve always said it. How could I have learned this wrong?! Even MP said, “Well, maybe another verse says that...” So we looked it up.....Nope. Checked 5 other translations. Called John. (Who also learned it the way I learned it).
So, I started thinking about this change in my mind. When I am weak I am strong? But, He is the one who provides the strength. He is the strong one - not me! When I am weak, I feel weak. The picture on this post is of me trying to finish a race. The course was not familiar - it was up and down and up and down. I really wanted to stop. But, somehow I made it to that finish line.
I must admit I’ve felt weak lately. Weak physically, weak mentally....just weak. But, it is in this weakness in my body & mind - He allowed my spirit to be strengthened. He heard my cries. He provided the “soul food” and gave me an insatiable hunger to feed my body and mind. So, maybe when I am weak I am strong because I turn to His strength instead of my own.
How thankful I am that He gives me strength. So that when I feel my weakest - I am strong thru Him. I take no credit. It is all Him. Christ’s Power resting on me. I must boast about how small I am so that I can boast about how HUGE He is to me.
“Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Isaiah 40:31 NIV
The enemy loves to whisper in my ear. He finds our weakness. Our “soft spot”. The devil tells me “You really look ugly.” “You think you can do that?! Ha” “No one could love you!” “You should just stop fighting.” He also tries to create “white noise” when I cry out to Jesus so that I can’t hear and remember HIS promises.
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
All praise to Him who can cause the white noise to halt. He who put me together wants me to hear His Word. He wants me to know that I am strong. I wear His armor. His power is available to me.
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.””
Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV
Lord,
Thank you for revealing a verse in a new way this week. While I feel so weak - I am comforted and encouraged by the strength that comes from You. A strength, a hope, a love that You promised. Help those who are feeling that same weakness to seek You and to find comfort and strength in Your word.
Amen
“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 12:9-10 NIV
