Learn to be weak

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, i delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.--2 Corinthians 12:9-10

I can do all everything through him who gives me strength.--Philippians 4:13

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will--to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.--Ephesians 1:4-6

The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.--Matthew 26:41


For about the past week, I've been focusing on learning how to be completely weak. To submit to this fact that I'm weak, and to know that it's impossible for me to get anywhere on my own. In this weakness, I've been learning to discover that I am truly nothing without God's help. I can do nothing without God's help. Trying to do things on my own, or depending on logical thinking to get me through will NOT provide me the answer I need to have to get through anything.

That's the problem with the human creation. We have free will, and a brain that has the capacity to process complex situations and come to a conclusion. And we think that 's enough. We think we have things under control because we know how to think about stuff to find an answer. Yeah, it may be an answer, but is it THE answer?

Another thing humans like to do is find justification in everything. Why the earth turns, why the sun is hot, why we're attracted to each other...what's really out there? Even the natural inclination to believe that there's something bigger than us that is "in control." The ideal definition of control is making sure everything works in harmony and doesn't collide into a big disaster.

However, God is not just "in control," but he's IN CONTROL. You waking up in the morning? Yeah, you could explain that in science class, but God allowed you to wake up. We're not guaranteed tomorrow. Who knows? you could just have heart failure in your sleep and die. Or you could be bitten by a deadly spider in your sleep. So waking up is a gift from God. Or how about this? Your car starting? Yeah, that's God. Sure, mechanics could explain why a car starts, but what about those times when a spark plug or something sits beautifully in place and then randomly decides to pop out one afternoon as you're pulling into a certain neighborhood, and then you go knock on the door of someone that could very possibly change your life forever--or even you could change their life.
There are too many unexplained variables in life to think that we're all there is. You can call it luck, fate, karma, lucky underwear--whatever it is, it's nothing compared to God. GOD IS IN CONTROL.

Mark 10:27--With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.

The context of this scripture is salvation. A rich young man couldn't sell his possessions to follow Jesus. Jesus's point was to store treasure in heaven, not on earth. Hope and wait for something more than this earth could offer.
But this scripture is relevant for everything. Because salvation is just the start. It doesn't end there. If anything, things get harder. Because there was a war in heaven, once upon a time. Jesus decked the heaven out of Satan, and threw him and his croonies out of heaven. Now, in anger, jealousy, and what-have-you, Satan wants to do everything he can to get you away from God.

But there is hope. There is always hope. Trust in God, depend on God, live for Him and fight to stay living for Him, and you can grow. That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger. You don't grow by picking dasies. You grow by chucking rocks across a river--while standing waist-deep in it. It's gonna be rough trying to get it across, but after you do it a few times, it'll be "nothin but a thing" as my dad likes to put it. Why? Because you've been growing in strength, getting that rock across the river.

Just admit you're weak and you can't do it alone. Admit you need God. Do whatever you need to, talk to whoever you need to (including me if you would like) to come to that full realization. From the biggest decision of your life, to even deciding what to eat for lunch--you need God's help. Yeah, you laugh at deciding on lunch, but you never know. Try it sometime. You may just be surprised.

But take a look at Ephesians 1. My bible titles it as "Spiritual Blessings in Christ." Everything under that section is what you can achieve by admitting you're weak and depending fully on God. It may seem impossible--being created to be holy and blameless...can we as humans ever really achieve that? Mark 10:27--it's possible with God.

To anyone who reads this: I love you, and my prayer and wish is that if you don't know God, don't know Jesus and what he did for YOU on the Cross, don't appreciate it, don't live for him, to live to your fullest....my prayer is that you will come to know him some day.

To God be the Glory.

Amen