Day 35
God’s Power in
Your Weakness
God purposely chose … what
the world considers weak
in order to shame the powerful
1 Corinthians 1:27 TEV
I used to play basketball.
In sports, the leader is not the smartest person on the team. It is not the person with the most traditional leadership traits of vision and motivation. It is not the most vocal or best communicator. The leader is simply the best player.
He may be a jerk, but everybody defers to him. You pass the ball when he demands. You move to where he positions you on defense.
In the pros, sometimes even the coaches defer to the superstar – coaches are generally more plentiful and more expendable than a rare athletic talent.
In sports – and in much of the world – leadership is all about strength.
Not so in the kingdom of God!
God values weakness … humility … willingness … and submission.
Think about it … God is God. He can do whatever he wants. He can conquer nations with his pinky finger. He doesn’t need our service to change the course of history. And yet the Lord of all creation chooses to work through us.
With all this in mind, it’s not our strength that God needs. (He has strength to spare.) What he needs is our weakness, our willingness, our humility, and our submission. The Lord doesn’t compel us to act. Rather, he invites us on a journey. And when weak people open their hearts and allow God to work greatly through them, that’s when an unbelieving world finally notices the stirring of God.
When mild-mannered human beings do inhumanly wonderful and powerful things, God is seen through their weakness.
There was a time when I wanted to be strong. Nowadays, I realize than I’m stronger when I’m weak. I’m more useful when I’m submitted.
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who was never
the center of attention
on the ball court
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