“When I am weak, then I am strong.”  2 Corinthians 12:10b

Facing me is a situation where others, who are at odds with me, are going to decide my future. In this I am weak--and that is good. Yes, good, but uncomfortable.

Praise you, Lord, that being comfortable is not the measure of anything important, spiritual or significant.  You call us to a higher level, “If any man would come after  me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me.” Matt 16:24. Knowing your Word, trusting you, living in praise, obeying what we know to be true, these are what is important. In the midst of insecurity, what is uncomfortable, I can deny myself, take up my cross and follow wherever He leads.

As Lilias Trotter, pioneer evangelist in Algeria in the 1800s, said, “Swinging out over the abyss without anything other than you, Lord, rejoicing in this need to trust in you and your power, praising for your goodness before any solution can be seen, this is trained faith.” (1)

Praise you, Father that you are at work in ways I cannot see or foresee. I praise you for what you are doing and whatever you will do in my situation, for you are great, you are good —you are God. As your Word says,  “Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man who trusts in Him.” Psalm 37:8  I have tasted and seen that He is good, so I can rest in what He will do for me and to me.

[1] A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lillias Trotter by Miriam Huffman Rockness

Picture: the world’s view of weakness, just the opposite of God’s “My power is made perfect in weakness” 2 For. 12:9