By: Hanny Lynn Stearns
Fish N
Loaves Ministries, Inc.
“Multiplying
God’s Word Around the Globe”
Perfect Power
November 8, 2016
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is
made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Like Paul, I have
an opportunity to “glory in my infirmities” today so that God’s power may rest
upon me. Hallelujah! I was up late working last night and this morning my flesh
wanted to go back to bed. My flesh was trying to change the schedule I know the
Lord wants me to follow. It wanted me to give in to the feelings of being
tired. It wanted to focus on the weakness it was experiencing and it was crying
out for relief.
I got my relief
alright! How did it come? First, Holy Spirit reminded me to stick to the plan
that was set before me for this day. I was to go to the gym in the morning
after my husband left for work, and then eat and get going in my day. This did
not include going back to sleep. The Lord quickly reminded me that His power is
perfect in my weakness. By now I understand the power of His word, because He
has helped me to know that all I have to do is place my faith on it, (work it!)
and it will work for me. So I did.
I fought the tired
feelings and desire to go lay down. I stopped allowing myself to think about
how I felt, and I began to say out loud the verse noted above in 1 Corinthians.
I said it verbally and I thought about it in my heart and mind. I decided to
put God’s word to work for me this morning. I knew I had a busy schedule today.
It is also why I am still up late into the night finishing my work once again.
Without God’s power, I would have caved in to the desires of my flesh in the
first couple hours of the day. But I didn’t.
Instead, I put my
faith in His power. When I got to the gym, the Lord helped me. When I stepped
onto the treadmill (feet in the water of the Red Sea), His power showed up.
Before long I was rolling like thunder through a marvelous work out and as I
listened to the praise music I exercised to, I just praised and thanked Him. I
kept my eyes on Him. Suddenly all symptoms of feeling tired were completely
gone – glory to God! His power showed up
because I put my faith in His word. The word really does work when we work it.
No matter what we
battle, be it an addiction, or some other mountain that seems far too high to
climb, the Lord will cause His power to be made perfect in our weakness – IF we
will trust in Him. We don’t know how He does what He does, but He is faithful.
When we are at the end of our strength, His power is just beginning. As long as we try in our own
strength we will surely fail. But if we fully trust in and rely on Him, the
miracle will come to pass – glory to His name forever.
The truth is what
sets us free. And the truth about God’s word for His children is that it is
living, active, powerful and effective for accomplishing every good work that
He sent it to accomplish. It never goes back to His ears unfulfilled. How
awesome is that saints? We no longer have to fight against the air, swinging at
something that is not there. If we have been addicted to something, we can
learn to starve the addiction and feed our faith by working the word of God in
our every day lives. Soon that thing you thought you just couldn’t overcome has
become for you a memory from the distant past.
We cannot thank the
Lord enough for how good He is. The bottom line that He wants us to know here
is that our lives will depend mostly on the choices we make. We can choose to
trust Him and the power of His spoken word, or, we can walk in unbelief and
live a defeated life. The choice is entirely up to us. Will we work His word in
faith and see the tremendous results it brings? Or will we keep on doubting,
fearing and fretting over these light and momentary afflictions in our lives?
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