I'm throwing this out there... but i'm a sinner.... who'da thunk it?!
But seriously, i'm a big sinner. So today as I fell back into one of the many holes the enemy digs in front of me i came face to face with guilt. Guilt that has plagued me every time i begin to backslide into the crater-o-sin. I hate to be cliche... but there was a bright light at the end of the tunnel.
I grabbed my Bible for a little reading to make myself not feel as bad - which God probably thinks it's funny that i think that "I" can make myself feel better - and flipped to 2 Corinthians 12:7-9.
"To keep me from being conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times i pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 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."
This. Is. Awesome. HIS grace is made Perfect through weakness. So when we are weak, then He is strong! Paul goes on to say that he will continue to boast gladly about his weaknesses so that Christ's power will rest on Him.... i don't know if you caught that but let's make this personal... HIS power rests on US!
I don't know about you but this pumps me up! To know that even when i screw up, even when i am weak... GOD. IS. STRONG. He is the rock of ages who we stand upon when we can't stand on our own. He is the All Consuming Fire that burns within us and enables us to do things that we on our own could never do!
We need to allow His grace to flow through us so that we are made strong even though it seems impossible. We need to see the glory of God in every weakness that we have because God will save us from every thing that is in front of us.
"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 12:10
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