STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS

[tomdurst]

STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS

by Thomas E Durst

2 Corinthians 12:10 Amplified Bible (AMP)

10 So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).

Paul endured hardships for the sake of the gospel that none of us could ever begin to imagine and he learned to depend wholly upon the Lord for his strength. He learned that recognizing the weakness of human strength was the secret of experiencing divine strength. Everyday we are faced with challenges on every hand. How shall we meet them?

Ongoing temptations and trials of our faith are opportunities for us to see our need for increasing dependence upon God rather than human will power. As we grow spiritually we will see our human faults more fully and how much we continually need to turn to God for strength. All kinds of "how to do it" formulas and programs ad nauseam, even within Christianity, have confused people and led them to turn to some kind of human resources instead of looking to God as the only true power and source of lasting help.

Recently someone asked the question, "How can I love the unlovable?" God's love is poured forth into our hearts by the Holy Spirit as a gift of His grace (Romans 5:5). As we open our hearts and spend time in communion with the Divine we experience more and more of His unfathomable love. One can travel land and sea, attend many seminars, workshops or retreats, read stacks of books on spirituality and endlessly blog on the Internet and be utterly destitute of simple faith and what it means to walk with the Savior. We experience great peace as we increasingly return to the utter simplicity of dependence upon God and cease depending upon man (see Jeremiah 17:5; Zechariah 4:6).  The magic formulas or short cuts to victory and overcoming can be very deceptive and often point people totally in the wrong direction.

I would like to close by encouraging you to remember the simplicity of these inspired words quoted below. I think that in the midst of all of this higher education, modern technology, and flurry of self-help programs that we've forgotten the provisions for victory that have been given to us by our loving God.

Jeremiah 29:13 Common English Bible (CEB)

13 When you search for me, yes, search for me with all your heart, you will find me.

1 Corinthians 15:57 New Living Translation (NLT)

57 But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.


I invite you to read LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE which is on the link below:

LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE

[Levi Chuks]

Confirmatory, Sir!

"For by strength no man shall prevail."-- 1Sam.2:9b.

Much Blessings!

[gracey]

"How can I love the unlovable?"

I used to ask my mom this same question over and over ...
And she used to give me her answer like this:

"When you find some one that is hard to be loved by you;
just compare that person in your eyes with yourself in God's eyes.
You might be more unlovable in God's eyes than that person is unlovable in your eyes (your perception, misunderstanding,
and your unjust opinion).  But God loves you anyway. And God loves the other person as much as He loves you..."

I remembered it's hard to swallow her advice.

But with time; I accepted her wisdom and everyone seems to be nicer to me  

[Divine light]

Amen , Praise GOD for this message truly we must seek GOD's holy Spirit and be fill with his awesome love that is priceless. Amen

[tomdurst]

"Two types of voices command your attention today. Negative ones fill your mind with doubt, bitterness, and fear. Positive ones purvey hope and strength. Which one will you choose to heed?"
- Max Lucado

[tomdurst]

“The sense of peace that comes to you—the peace that passes understanding—is the healer. When you attain that, healing takes place. It is the awareness of God that does the healing.”—Joel S Goldsmith, The Art of Healing, p. 81