Let Your Weakness Display God’s Strength

I hate admitting when I’m weak. But what if our weaknesses display God’s strength? Shouldn’t we use those opportunities to point others to Him?

I hate admitting when I'm weak. But what if our weaknesses display God's strength? Shouldn't we use those opportunities to point others to Him? Click To Tweet

Talking to my friend, my throat tightened. I struggled to contain the threatening tears as I replayed my own circumstances. Life proved hard once again.

Yet with a knock on the door, I quickly dried my tears. I didn’t dare let my weakness show…. 

Yes, I Am Weak

Recently I was accused once again of being strong. “You always seem to be laughing through the hard times.” 

Really? I’m sorry if I portray that I am the strong one. Maybe it appears that way on the surface, but I’m not always okay. Inside, I often feel like I’m falling apart. 

In fact, not that many years ago I lay curled up in a tight ball, barely able to lift my head. I still have moments, even days, when I struggle to see the light. 

I am weak, and I need to get better at letting people see that. I don’t want people looking at me and saying, “I should be stronger like her.” I want them to look at me and say, “Look how strong the Lord is.”

Display God’s Strength

God’s the One who has the power, the wisdom, the understanding to conquer all. And He works in our weakness. He promises to be our strength when we have none left.

God's the One who has the power, the wisdom, the understanding to conquer all. And He works in our weakness. He promises to be our strength when we have none left. Click To Tweet

So instead of pretending I’m strong, I need to display God’s strength by admitting my weakness and resting in His grace. That’s when joy and peace can be truly felt—deep down—regardless of my circumstances. And that’s when I’m pointing others to Him. 

The culture would like us to believe that we have to be strong to conquer the hard things in our lives. That’s a lie. We only need to discover Who can be strong for us, and hand Him our weakness. Then like Paul, we will have learned

“the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:12b-13).

By surrendering our need to be strong, we point others to the One who is strong for us.

“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.’ Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me” (2 Corinthians 12:9).

The culture would like us to believe that we have to be strong to conquer the hard things in our lives. That's a lie. We only need to discover Who can be strong for us, and hand Him our weakness. Click To Tweet

Reflections: In what area do you need God’s strength? How can you display His strength through your weakness?