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Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Our Father in heaven wants to use us to show His love to the world.
Not because we are sinless; one glimpse of our souls and anyone can see the black stains of the curse of sin still shadowing our lives.
Not because we are strong; one glimpse of our bodies and anyone can see the frailties of our humanness. We can’t even live one day by our own power.
Not because we are wise; one glimpse of our minds and anyone can see the fallacies we are blind enough fall into.
Not because we are whole; one glimpse of our hearts and anyone can see the cracks of a broken heart, wounded many times over.
No, instead He uses us in our weaknesses:
In our sinfulness it’s His righteousness that cleanses us—
In our frailty it’s His strength that upholds us—
In our foolishness it’s His wisdom that guides us—
In our brokenness it’s His love that shines through the cracks of our hearts.
“The Lord said to me, ‘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 (NIV)
Father, we ask that in our weaknesses Your love will be displayed to all the world.
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