Monday, March 4, 2013

Grace that is Greater than Healing

This is a simple post from the Message Bible..



Message Bible-2 Corinthians 12:7-10
"Because of the extravagance of these revelations and so I wouldn’t get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan’s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty.
At first I didn’t think of it as a gift, and I begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then He told me “My grace is enough, it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness.”
Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift.
It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take the limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size-abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks-I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become."

The Christian life is simple-not easy. We are called to surrender to Christ, to abide in Him, and to walk in the Spirit. Simple-not easy.

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