Weak Is the New StrongSample

Have you ever had a quiet time with Jesus that  changed your life? 

The Apostle Paul did. He had an experience with God that was so amazing that apparently Satan deemed it concerning to His scheming plan  that he attacked Paul with a “thorn in his flesh”.  We know two things about the thorn. 1. It was Satan’s message. 2. It became Paul’s weakness.   

In a special quiet time with God, God responds to Paul directly about his weakness.  When I read this in a special quiet time, this same response to Paul about his thorn was a response to me about my Cerebral Palsy! First, God affirms that His grace, unmerited favor, is all we need. Life is more affected by God’s unmerited favor on your life than by your weakness! As if that’s not enough, God shared that His power is perfected in weakness. How amazing it is that my Cerebral Palsy in that moment became a source of God’s power in my life! This is so radical that just like Paul decided to boast about his weakness, my Cerebral Palsy became what I am most thankful for as Paul explains “when I am weak, then I am strong.”