Power in Weakness
Is anything too hard for God? The answer is no, yet some of you are perplexed because you have been told you have an incurable physical condition. For years you have prayed, gone to healing services, been anointed with oil and been faithful to God, but the infirmity still exists. Many nights you have laid awake feeling like a spiritual failure.
Please don't let these thoughts oppress you any longer! There is tremendous victory ahead, but God may want to achieve it in a way you have not yet considered. For while He is Your Healer and a miracle-working God, He has granted some of you the privilege of coming into new spiritual power and maturity through the healing process.
Paul was one such person. After being told by Jesus that His strength was made perfect in weakness, Paul declared that he would then glory in his infirmities so that Christ's power would more abundantly rest on him (See 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.). The book of Hebrews shows us an even more dramatic picture of this principle. In describing the "Heroes of Faith" it says they: "...subdued kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions, Extinguished the power of raging fire, escaped the devourings of the sword, out of frailty and weakness won strength and became stalwart, even mighty and resistless in battle..." (Hebrews 11:33-34, AMPC).
Pray for a new attitude toward your condition. You don't know what God will do in the future, but tonight you can begin to use your existing circumstances as a steppingstone to greater spiritual power!
God loves you and wants to answer your prayer. Say this prayer with me:
Heavenly Father, I thank You that Your strength is made perfect in weakness. I surrender this condition to You now, so that Christ's power will fully rest on me. Help me to become a mighty warrior for You, proving that when I am weak, You are strong! In Jesus' Name, Amen.
