God’s Grace Is Sufficient in Your Weakness

Do you ever feel a bit overwhelmed? To be sure, all of us can feel overwhelmed sometimes. Pressures in life, unpleasant relationships, and busy schedules produce the environment that could encourage being overwhelmed. It has for me at times. In addition to the normal things that happen to us and around us, we also have our own weaknesses. For some of us our weaknesses may be physical, others mental, others intellectual, others social, and others spiritual. Weaknesses are common to man and abound greatly in some. As I have aged, I possess weaknesses now that may have been hidden with youth or have cropped up over time. God provides us good news though – God’s grace is sufficient in your weakness.

Do you remember what God told the Apostle Paul?

Immediately after discussing some powerful revelations to himself from God, Paul makes the following acknowledgement:

And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:7-10)

Paul explained why he had been given a certain weakness and what God told him about it.

However, notice, Paul does not identify the particular weakness. Although commentators disagree generally on what the weakness was (most say physical, others say either mental or spiritual), the reality remains the same. Paul had some kind of weakness.

How did God address it? Instead of alleviating the weakness, God promised Paul His sufficient grace to strengthen him in his weakness. Catch this — God did not take away the weakness; instead, God provided strength through grace in it.

Why? God promised grace to sustain Paul in order to provide opportunities of spiritual growth for him in Christ.

God’s Grace Is Sufficient in Your Weakness

God’s grace is sufficient in your weakness – whatever that is – today as well. If you are physically weak, spiritually weak, emotionally weak, or mentally weak, in any case, God promises to provide you the strength in your weakness today and this week.

What an incredible gift from God!

No doubt, all of us can feel overwhelmed at times. Instead, we want to rejoice in God’s good plan in our lives and His supply of grace. Paul provides an excellent example for us. He writes,

Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

May we rejoice this week in God’s strength in our weakness, rather than our own personal strength.

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