When Weakness Is Strength

[505 words] “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave 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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:7-9). In a very real way, we cannot be too weak for God to use, but we may well be too strong (see 1 Corinthians 10:12). Areas of strength in our lives may well also become areas of weakness. Samson’s strength, David’s heart, and Solomon’s wisdom quickly come to mind as good characteristics that were, at…