I am made strong in my weakness!

I started writing this, and I was going down a dead end street. Although, it wasn't bad, and it wasn't unchristian like, but it certainly wasn't about me. I found myself on a little rant, and that's not what I want to do here.

I decided to watch the movie "War Room" and it was fantastic! As I was watching the movie the older woman said, "Seek Him, trust Him and stand on His word." Wow! That hit home. I do seek Him, and I do trust Him but I don't always stand on His word. I will from here on out through His grace.

Sometimes, I'm afraid that I'll alienate people. I know that posting and talking about God all the time can appear judgmental to some people. I have to remember that it's not me that's making them uncomfortable. It's the Lord that's making them uncomfortable.

Before I became a Christian, and even when I was one, I would feel uncomfortable when people talked about Jesus and how He relates to them in their lives. I know now that it was the Holy Spirit convicting me. It was God telling me just how broken I really am, despite the lie that I was okay. I had become so used to that deception that I actually believed it.

2 Corinthians 12:9-11New King James Version (NKJV)

"9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

Today, I take joy, in my weakness and infirmities. It's because of Jesus that I find strength in my weakness, and His grace is sufficient!

God bless,
John