Weakness: The Stage for God's Strength
Sunday Rewind is a 5-day Devotional based on the weekly sermon at Resonate Community Church
September 14th Sermon, Day 5
We live in a world that has little tolerance for weakness. From an early age, we're taught to hide our vulnerabilities, to project strength even when we don't feel it.
But God's kingdom operates by different principles. In God's economy, our weaknesses aren't liabilities to be hidden but opportunities for His power to be displayed. When we come to the end of our strength, we discover the beginning of His. When we acknowledge our limitations, we create space for His limitless power.
This doesn't mean we should seek weakness or failure. But it does mean that when we encounter our inevitable human frailties, we don't have to despair. Instead, we can see these moments as invitations to experience God's strength in new ways.
Paul understood this paradox when he wrote about his own weakness becoming the showcase for Christ's power. He even reached the point where he could boast about his weaknesses, knowing they created opportunities for God's grace to be magnified.
This perspective transforms how we view our struggles. That health challenge, that relational difficulty, that personal limitation—each becomes not just a problem to overcome but a potential stage for God's power to be displayed.
Today, instead of hiding your weaknesses or feeling ashamed of them, try offering them to God. Acknowledge your limitations and invite His strength to fill those spaces. You might discover that your greatest weakness becomes the backdrop for His greatest work in your life.
Bible Verse
"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." - 2 Corinthians 12:9
Reflection Question
What weakness or limitation in your life have you been trying to hide or overcome that might actually be an opportunity for God's strength to be displayed more powerfully?
Quote "Our weakness is actually the stage for God's strength."
Prayer
Father, I've spent so much energy hiding my weaknesses and trying to appear strong. Today, I offer my limitations to You. Use them as a canvas for displaying Your perfect power. Help me to find freedom in dependence on You rather than in self-sufficiency. Amen.
