Grace Spoken into Weakness

My dear son,

I hear you when you bring the same desire again. Paul asked three times for his thorn in the flesh to be removed. I told him that my grace was sufficient and my power was made perfect in weakness.

I do not want you to bring only your strengths to me. You may ask for help with what you cannot manage well and entrust it to me. Your weakness does not make my power smaller.

If you need help, pray and receive care as well. Tonight, you do not have to spend all your energy concealing what you lack. Live as a child who enjoys the grace that helps you, instead of boasting only in your own strength.

With all my love,
Your Father

2 Corinthians 12:7–10

WEB

7By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, a thorn in the flesh was given to me: a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
8Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
9He 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.
10Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

A short reflection

Paul asks for his thorn in the flesh to be removed, but receives the Lord's assurance that grace is sufficient and power is perfected in weakness. He therefore embraces weakness in Christ.

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