…my strength is made perfect in weakness….2 Corinthians 12:9
David Jeremiah wrote:Trust is such a little word, but whom or what we place our trust in determines our response to adversity. When writing to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul uncomfortably shared personal information about trusting God with his most painful trial. We can be thankful he did; Paul’s attitude toward his pain is God’s purpose for our trials.
Three times Paul prayed for his thorn of suffering to be removed. Insert your own thorn — disease, financial set-back, heartache — into Paul’s story. When God said “No,” Paul humbly responded that he’d been given the gift of a handicap .Someone else suggested that Paul’s response would sound something like this, “At first I didn’t think of it as a gift… and then he told me, My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that… I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness”—
Instead of focusing on your troubles, confidently entrust them to God as Paul did — and grow in strength.
As someone said:God is too wise to be mistaken. God is too good to be unkind. So when you don’t understand, when you don’t see His plan, when you can’t trace His hand, trust His heart.
