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“My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness…for when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
It happens at any age, but especially when we are young, that we like to think we can handle the situations in our own lives. Our bodies are strong, our minds are at their best, and we want to deal with our own lives in the way that we think best. However, there are times in our life when the Lord makes us feel our weakness. Maybe you have already experienced this sometimes in your life.
Have you ever felt as if the problem you were having was too big for you to solve? Have you ever felt that what you were being asked to do was just too much? If so, you are in good company, for the Apostle Paul sometimes felt the same way. But then he had to realize that when his strength was not enough, he could rely on the Lord’s strength. That is what he means when he says, “When I am weak, then am I strong.” When he trusted in his own strength, he found out that he was weak, but when he gave up on his own strength, and trusted in the Lord’s strength, he found out that the Lord’s strength made him strong. Also, then the Lord got the credit for it, and not Paul. You and I need to do this too. If the going gets too hard for us, He wants us to ask for His strength.
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