His Grace is All I Need

Gods Grace for Us Is Beyond Words

When i first started this whole blog business I thought the first blog i would write would be funny and what not. In the end I really wanted to talk about this verse, its 2 Corinthians 9-10.

9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 10That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Growing up in the church I have heard these verses many times and it never really took an effect on my life. As i have started to grow up a little bit these childhood verses have new meaning on my life.

This is the way i look at it now:

Is that we as humans will endure suffering and trails not that we are going to enjoy those times but through it all we have to realize thats gods grace is enough to get us through it.We always seem to boast or brag about stuff that we are good at "I do a quiet time everyday, I just gave two thousand dollars to people that really need it." We never seemed to say " I suck at forgiving people or I lust all the time." What I believe Paul is telling us that gods grace makes our weakness perfect because we have gods power in us. Which is a perfect power, a power with no flaws. a power that trumps all other powers that this world has ever seen or that this world will see.

With that in mind we should not hide our weaknesses because we should not be ashamed of them because even though they maybe flaws that we see in ourselves. In Gods eyes those weakness are perfect and in reality those are the only eyes that truly matter.

One of the coolest parts of these verses for me is the very last part about how when i am weak that is when i am strong. You know it does sound like a contradiction but the way i see it is that our humanly bodies maybe tired, worn out ,distraught, and discouraged but even though young man stumble and fall those who hope in the lord will raise up with wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, and they will walk and not grow faint.