You have God’s sufficient grace to
sustain you.
Paul’s life underscored this truth. He
wrote “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’.”
(2 Corinthians 12:7b-9a)
A thorn in the flesh. Such vivid
imagery. The sharp end of a thorn pierces the soft skin in life and lodges
beneath the surface. Every step is a reminder of the thorn in the flesh.
The cancer in the body. The sorrow in the
heart. The child in the rehab center. The red ink on the ledger. The felony on
the record. The craving for whiskey in the middle of the day. The tears in the
middle of the night. The thorn in the flesh.
“Take it away,” you’ve pleaded. Not
once, twice, or even three times. You’ve outprayed Paul. He prayed a sprint;
you’ve prayed the Boston Marathon. And you’re about to hit a wall at mile
nineteen. The wound radiates pain, and you see no sign of tweezers coming from
heaven. But what you hear is this: “My grace is sufficient for you.”
-- Max Lucado in “Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We
Imagine”
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