GOD'S POWER IN OUR WEAKNESS

[The Apostle] Paul was well aware of life's vulnerabilities.  He spoke about a "thorn in the flesh," which he had "urged the Lord three times to take it away from me." (2 Cor. 12:8, author's translation)… Paul did not get the answer he wanted, but he received one that supplied the axle around which his theology would turn: "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9)…

God's power, love power, works in any human vulnerability.  That perspective is one that many in our age and culture have difficulty understanding.  We know a lot about power.  Some say that our culture is obsessed with power.  We want more power to run bigger electric generators so that we can have more comforts and conveniences or more power to put up bigger payloads into space to terrify our enemies so they will not dare to threaten us.  But our power logic, Paul would point out, is not God's power logic.  Our power logic runs, "The weak are weak.  The strong are strong.  In weakness is weakness.  In strength is strength."

God's power logic runs, "In your human weakness you may find My power."

-- E. Glenn Hinson in Spiritual Preparation for Christian Leadership


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