Carleigh's Corner

  

"my power is made perfect in weakness."

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Recently I have had the opportunity to teach at church more. During the school year I taught quite frequently, at Good News Clubs or in children's bible study, but then I had a break. Now I have resumed, and God has been reminding me to rely on Him. I have been reminded of the truth that no insightful teaching, no truth would come from me, but from the Word of God. I was reading 1 Corinthians 3, and Paul is telling about how he spoke his message.

1 Corinthians 2:3-5

"And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God."

And then again in  chapter 3 verse 7:

"So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth."

wow. light bulb moment. 

This was not something that I hadn't heard before, but it was much-needed wisdom for my specific situation. God gives me the opportunity and the ability to plant and water, but that's where my job ends.It isn't anything. God gives growth - that's what's important. He brings conviction and change. I cannot. 

"But he 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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. ¹⁰ For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Cor. 12:9-11

So now I am remembering that I do not have to rely on my wisdom, but in the power of God. That grace is enough. That His power is perfected in my weakness. That I can boast in my weaknesses, so I can receive His strength. That weakness is better than strength.