MY grace is sufficient for you

I woke up this morning to no power...which means no alarm clock, and no coffee, but also it means no heat. Luckily after about an hour or so the power came back on...which means I got coffee, and heat, and my dad even went the extra mile to build a fire...he's pretty cool. Anyway, since I have been home from Passion (read my last post if you don't know what that is or if you want to know more about it), I have really been digging into the Word and God has really shown me a lot through that. It's been incredible. Here's a passage that Paul (Once Saul) wrote to the Corinthians.
-taye


MY power is made perfect in weakness

"I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 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."
~2 Corinthians 12:1-10 NIV


Lately, one of the many things God has been showing me is just how weak I truly am. Therefore, I really do have nothing to boast of, apart from Christ. Compared to His surpassing greatness, I am nothing, and I feel so small and weak in comparison. That is a good thing to feel, and to realize how truly GREAT our GOD is, but I cannot go through life feeling lousy and helpless, I would get nothing accomplished for Christ. That is why, in His great power and strength, He lifts us up to be able to do great things for His name. HIS power is made perfect in our weakness; in my weakness.

I once heard this quote that goes well with this passage of scripture and is definitely an encouragement to me:

"God doesn't call the equipped, He equips the called."