2011-11-17

When hardships gets you down...

From my reading today, I really like the way that the Message clarifies this passage for me. 

2 Corinthians 12:7-10
7b So I wouldn't get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan's angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! 
8 At first I didn't think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, 
9 and then he told me, 

"My grace is enough; it's all you need.  My strength comes into its own in your weakness."  

Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness. 
10 Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size -- abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.

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