The power of God and the weaknesses’ of man.
Perfect in weakness
I’m only…
Perfect in just Your strength alone
-Perfect by Flyleaf
We shouldn’t be focusing only on our strength. What we should consider now is, what can we do with our weaknesses?
“God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty.”
Let God use our weaknesses. How?
1. Akui. Admit our weaknesses.
We are all human; there is nothing we can do comparing to the Almighty Creator. We are limited, but He is not, and so this mean-that there is nothing we can be proud of compared to Him. Udah gak ada yang bisa kita banggain, Tuhan punya segalanya, kita Cuma apa sih dibandingin dengan yang Dia miliki?
2. Rejoice always in your weakness.
Our weaknesses make us realize that we truly need Him. It makes us realize, we should cling on to Him, and that we should take hold on Him. And it also prevents us in being arrogant, and that we need other people too. And to make us realize how much we should care for other people. (When we realize that we have weaknesses, we start caring for other people. Strengths creates conflict, clash, battle. But our weaknesses creates a community.)
3. Ceritakan. Tell the truth about your weakness.
Testify about your weaknesses. We could help out other people by testifying about our experience and weaknesses, for we could be more effective in helping other people when our ministry comes from the deepest cut in our heart. By testifying we are able to help people who might probably having a similar problem as we are. How do you build credibility? By being true, and not being fake-and acting all perfect. Orang akan lebih respect terhadap kita, saat kita punya keberanian untuk ngakuin kelemahan kita.
“When the devil tries to intimidates us with our weaknesses, agree with it, and then fill our hearts with praises and give thanks to the Lord Jesus-who understands all our weaknesses (Hebrew 14:15a) and to the Holy Spirit who helps us in our weaknesses (Romans 8:26a).”
>>If we want God to bless us and use us greatly, we have to submit ourselves and we have to humble ourselves down, for the Lord sees the heart of people who admits that they are weak-and only perfect when they are with Him.
God bless you all.
|qsha
