THIS article is about weakness, and the paradoxical nature of
the strength that prevails for us
when we’re intentionally weak; when
we come to rely on God’s strength in our weakness. First come these random though related
thought statements to ponder:
What if weakness were the spiritual
centrality of our life?
What if weakness were the key to
unlocking the deeper life?
What if in weakness we transcend
our shadow and move into God’s light?
What if. I suggest not ‘what if’ but the fact of
spiritual centrality, of unlocking, of moving into God’s light.
***
Weakness IS the reason we are
strong.
In our weakness IS our light.
Out of weakness, not strength, we
are truly strong.
If
we can be weak, we’re then strong in the fact of our weakness. Out of weakness is a strength of courage that
faces what ought to be faced: the truth.
***
When Satan reveals us as weak, he
has nothing on us.
If we won’t be embarrassed how
will he elicit fear in us?
But God has everything in store
for the one who bears their weakness.
If Satan has only shame and guilt
and embarrassment and the like to attempt to banish us from God’s Presence, he
has nothing when we welcome these very things.
Even if our secrets are revealed, the enemy of God has nothing on
us. Nothing. God wants us to know how pathetic Satan is;
that, though he seems powerful, he has no ground to stand when we bear the
truth — a very simple obedience.
***
Weakness acknowledged is the
power of truth in the marvel of light.
God builds His Kingdom through
weakness; through weak people.
Weak persons are unknowing
instruments of His power and grace.
There is a marvel of light known
to the believer who steps through their fear to embrace their weakness. God can only, and will only, use a weak person. A person appearing in their own strength is a
blight on God’s work. They can no more
help build God’s Kingdom than God can help them. But weakness is their way back to the
Presence, blessing and power of God.
***
Do you, today, choose to be
adamantly weak?
Will you glory in that weakness
as its own strength?
Will you see that in your
acknowledged weakness you bear much light?
***
There’s much grace in the truth that, with our weaknesses
accepted, we exude humility. And we can
only be a truer blessing to and for others when we have gotten out of our own
way. We were in our own way when we
couldn’t accept our weaknesses, and then, as a result, our shadow got in the
way of loving others as we could. We
found we could only love others when we’ve been able to love ourselves.
We will experience most power and freedom when we embrace that
which should hold no fear: we’re strongest when we’re weak.
© 2015 Steve Wickham.
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