Thursday, August 16, 2012

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness

2 Corinthians 11:32-12:10
Although there is nothing to be gained, Paul must go on boasting, he was going on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
Paul have been caught up to the third heaven and to paradise. He hear expressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell.
Even Paul should choose to boast, he is not boat about himself, except about his weakness. Because he is speaking the truth. If Paul refrain, so no one will think more of he than is warranted by what he does or say. ( But I won't do it, because I don't want anyone to give me credit beyond what they can see in my life or hear in my message.)
Satan gave Paul a thorn in his fresh. Paul three time pleaded with the Lord to take it away. But the Lord said to him, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." There he will boast all the mire gladly about his weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me. When I am weak, then I am strong.
Why?
Paul is not lack anything of the qualities of true apostleship.
We know of three early visions from Acts; on the Damascus road; at the house of Judas(9:22-25); and in the Temple at Jerusalem(22:17)
A man in Christ: A Christian. Paul is peaking of himself. 'Fourteen years ago', six or seven years after Paul's conversion, but before the great Gentile missions.
The 'third heaven' is a Jewish expression meaning to be actually in presence of God. Paul is describing the most sublime experience imaginable.
A Thorn in flesh; This may be some physical illness or a reference to the unremitting opposition he encountered. It was a constant source of pain ad depression.
Paul has experienced the living God and the truth from the Lord. He has to preach the gospel not matter what situation is, it is the mission from God. He is living in fresh, but Paul knows the future so he dear to do what he should do. In flesh Paul is weakness, but for the Holy Spirit is with hem he can do more miraculous signs in his works.
How?
Dear Lord, I hope I may experience the fellowship of Holy Spirit, encourage me to do the right thing and gives me the wisdom of Spirit to transform my life.
Appreciated that the Grace of God is sufficient for me, for God's power is made perfect in my weakness.

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