How hard it is to believe that the work of God and of Christ is always in weakness! The rulers of the people saw in Peter and in John unlearned and ignorant men. Paul's weakness at Corinth was the trial of his friends, the taunt of his enemies, the boast of himself. The Lord's strength is made perfect in weakness. The thorn in the flesh made Paul despised, and he conceived it would be better if that were gone. He had need of the lesson, "My grace is sufficient for thee."
It is God's rule of action, if we may so say, to choose the weak things. Everything must rest on God's power; otherwise, God's work cannot be done according to His mind. One can hardly believe that one must be feeble to do the work of God; but Christ was crucified in weakness, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For the work of God, we must be weak, that the strength may be of God; and that work will last when all the earth shall be moved away.