What God says about your weaknesses...
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2 Corinthians 12:10, '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.'
Brothers and sisters, God is okay with our weaknesses.
He doesn’t need our strengths. He just wants us to bring to him what we’ve got and let him in to our deficiencies . When I am weak, I finally get to the end of myself and I get out of the way and I let the Holy Spirit come in and take the drivers seat and that’s when God really gets down to business.
Moses had a stutter and yet was commissioned to speak before a king.
Abraham was 100 years old and yet he fathered a nation.
Jacob was a liar and yet he was entrusted to pass on the great truth of God’s covenant.
Jonah was afraid, and yet he was asked to preach to a hostile city.
David’s armour didn’t fit and yet he fought the greatest battles.
Elijah was depressed and burnt out and yet he demonstrated God’s power to a great power to a nation that no longer believed in God.
Paul was a murderer of Christians, yet was called as an evangelist to nurture their growth.
Peter was a coward, yet led the Christian movement in a hostile city and became the rock and foundation of the church.
Be encouraged by this!
You might feel that you’re not worthy.
Satan will certainly tell you that you’re not worthy.
But the word says to resist him and draw close to God.
What does God tell you?
In fact God tells you that you aren’t worthy.
But he says, “ I Am”.
God is the great I AM, and he puts his spirit in you and makes you worthy.
God is worthy and capable of all things and he chooses weakness to demonstrate his power.
God says that for man some things are impossible but for him nothing is impossible.
God says you have a purpose.
God says you have a mission.
God says you have power.
God says you have strength.
God says you are important.
If you haven’t pursued God yet, that is okay, but I just want you to understand this:
He is pursing you because he created you for a purpose.
He’s got a mission for you and he’s chasing after you.
He’s just waiting for you to turn back to him.
He doesn’t care what you look like.
He doesn’t care what you’ve done.
He doesn’t care how old you are.
He doesn’t care what colour your skin is, the car your drive, the size of your bank account, the kind of job you have.
He created you as you.
And he needs you to be you, and you give yourself to him, as you are.
And in return he gives us each day through the Holy spirit what we need to be our best.
You are called for a time and place such as this.
You are equipped for a time and place such as this.
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