Jay N Smith's Blog

God is amazing!  He works with weak, inperfect vessels to accomplish His will.  He gets more glory by using weak and broken people.

I have been preparing for a class I’m teaching at Harvest Bible Chapel in Elgin, IL.   I love teaching the Bible, but sometimes I feel that I get too emotional and am unable to communicate effectively.   I was praying about that yesterday and thinking about being weak.  The Lord brought on 2 Corinthians 12:9 to mind:

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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (ESV)

Then it clicked – we are weak on purpose!  God doesn’t want “winners”; He uses “losers”.  In fact:

²⁶For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. ²⁷But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; ²⁸God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, ²⁹so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.   (1 Corinthians 1:26 ESV)

I am happy to be weak that God may be shown strong!