PROMISE #18 - JANUARY 18
Promise #18:
My power will rest on you when you are weak.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (WEB)
He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Today's promise comes from Paul the Apostle's encounter with the Lord Jesus Himself. Please read the entire text found in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10. In a nutshell, Paul has this incredible third heaven experience where he sees amazing things he cannot share with others. Afterward, he encounters a 'thorn in his flesh,' a messenger of Satan sent to harass him.
Three times, he asked the Lord to take away this 'thorn in his flesh', and Jesus' response to Paul in the first part of verse 9 was... He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (WEB) After Paul heard these words from Jesus Himself, he received a new revelation of how the kingdom of God works.
In the last part of verse 9, Paul responds to Jesus by saying... Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. (WEB) The kingdom of God is opposite to the kingdom of this world. It is the poor in spirit that will inherit the kingdom. God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. The last shall be first; of course, the weak will be made strong.
My prayer today is that we would have eyes to see the kingdom of God and embrace it with all our hearts. When we are empty of our own ability to manage life, may we see that it is then that Christ's power rests on us. May we all boast in our weaknesses so that our Elder Brother Jesus's strength might be perfected in us.
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for choosing the weak things of this world to confound the strong. That is wonderful news because I don’t have to be strong to be fully accepted in your sight. Help me to embrace your beautiful kingdom in all its glory, knowing that when I am weak, I am really strong because of the immeasurable strength that is mine in Christ.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
My power will rest on you when you are weak.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (WEB)
He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Today's promise comes from Paul the Apostle's encounter with the Lord Jesus Himself. Please read the entire text found in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10. In a nutshell, Paul has this incredible third heaven experience where he sees amazing things he cannot share with others. Afterward, he encounters a 'thorn in his flesh,' a messenger of Satan sent to harass him.
Three times, he asked the Lord to take away this 'thorn in his flesh', and Jesus' response to Paul in the first part of verse 9 was... He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (WEB) After Paul heard these words from Jesus Himself, he received a new revelation of how the kingdom of God works.
In the last part of verse 9, Paul responds to Jesus by saying... Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. (WEB) The kingdom of God is opposite to the kingdom of this world. It is the poor in spirit that will inherit the kingdom. God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. The last shall be first; of course, the weak will be made strong.
My prayer today is that we would have eyes to see the kingdom of God and embrace it with all our hearts. When we are empty of our own ability to manage life, may we see that it is then that Christ's power rests on us. May we all boast in our weaknesses so that our Elder Brother Jesus's strength might be perfected in us.
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for choosing the weak things of this world to confound the strong. That is wonderful news because I don’t have to be strong to be fully accepted in your sight. Help me to embrace your beautiful kingdom in all its glory, knowing that when I am weak, I am really strong because of the immeasurable strength that is mine in Christ.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.