WEAKNESS IS MY QUALIFICATION

WEAKNESS IS MY QUALIFICATION

“It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.” 2 Corinthians 3:5 NLT

I look at my life and see God's blessings. He's given so much and has patience with me. Even now I look at the future with trepidation. Why? Because I feel that I am not enough. In reality I'm not and I know it. What matters is how I allow the Lord to move. He doesn't care for my strengths, but He thrives in my weaknesses. In my own strength, I'm bound to receive and take glory for my accomplishments. In my weakness, I can only give credit to a Heavenly Father who uses obedience over talent. I can spend all day telling the Lord why I can't do something when all He wants is for me to do is be a part of His plan. 2nd Corinthians 12:9-11 says, “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.”

Think about how you serve the Lord. Do you serve Him from your own strength, or do you allow Him to glorify Himself through your weakness? Please understand that He gives us gifts for use in His Kingdom purpose for our life, but even then, we can be guilty of taking that strength and weakening His purpose for it as we attempt to control an outcome through using that gift in our own strength. I am often guilty of trying to be the Holy Spirit rather than just being the vessel I am intended to be,