God's strength is made perfect in my weakness... wow. It's not and never will be because of our strengths that God works in us. Neither is it in spite of our weakness that God uses us to work for His glory. It is because of our weakness that He specifically chosed us to advance His work.
That's what happened to Moses and Gideon. They were weaklings, claiming that they were totally inadequate to lead God's people and fight the Midianites respectively. God told both of them that it was because of both their full weaknesses that He was going to use them. Period. Nothing else!
I especially love the story of Gideon. God didnt choose 32,000 Israelites to fight against the 135,000 strong army of Midianites. He reduced the number to 300. That meant 1 Israelite is to 450 Midianites. Weaponary wasn't what we would have thought to be the best and most effective either: fragile jars, lighted torches and small trumpets? those seem to be the weakest of weapons! Human wisdom would immediately have proven this battle to be the silliest coming from the attacker. Yet, because of these weaknesses, God's strength was made perfect! This is somewhat similar to the 6-day war of Israel against her surrounding Arab neighbours - Egypt, Jordan and Syria. She was losing in terms of army size. Yet, Israel fought back with a pre-emptive attack and even gained more land than before the war. This surely can't be of human strength!
2 Corinthians 12:9 'My strength is made perfect in weakness'.
God's hand at work!
topsy turvy-ed @ 2:25 PM
Who Am I
I'm Lois, a human being saved and currently alive by God's grace.
[I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.
Galations 2:20]
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.”
“Arbeit macht das Leben süß” - "Work makes life sweet" :D
Loves
God
Studying (studying is good for your health) - Arbeit macht das Leben süß
Reading the Bible
Having fellowship my family in Christ
Rock Climbing
Cycling
Tennis
Blading
Badminton
