When I am Weak, He is Strong

Looking at the clock and seeing the time, my body and mind sighed in unison. Can’t sleep. Tossing and turning. So tired but the body and mind won’t relax enough. Frustrated I get out of bed and make myself a warm milk, put on some quiet calm music, man myself with a warm wheat bag to put on the offending aching muscles and try again.

Lately as my husband is rising to start the day, I’m crawling back into bed to get just a few hours.

So frustrating!

Is it insomnia or just the aching muscles keeping me awake?

I’m not anxious. Over the years I hopefully have learnt to give all my cares to God. If only I could give Him my body as well.

Hang on a minute. I can, can’t I?

Is not He the Lord of my Life, Lord of everything in my life, if I surrender it to Him?

So, I have been offering up to the Lord my lack of sleep to be used for His glory. My prayers in these hours offered up to those in need, less fortunate than myself.  My dull aches offered to the Lord.

It may not be giving me anymore sleep but it is certainly making me REST IN HIM more. I’m more aware of His presence in my life. More grateful for His provisions and blessings. More conscious of His voice, His promptings. Way more aware of my fellow man and their struggles and trials.

I have more empathy for others and less judgemental thoughts.

I feel a closeness, on a different level with my God than ever before.

But the funny thing is, it’s not my extra effort, or extra study, or extra prayer time.

It’s come about by including my Lord, inviting Him into my weaknesses and struggles more.

Definitely the scripture – “when we are weak, He is strong,” has become so true. It is the whole verse which has opened up more in my life as truth.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities. For whenever I am weak then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:10 ESV

Only as a Christian does the truth and existence occur that someone is strongest in their lowest moments. When people are weak and they submit it to God, He can take over and use His full strength for us.

We can bear all things for it is Christ who strengthens us.

Just as the Lord responded to Paul’s query earlier in this chapter of scripture:

“My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.”

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV

Again, the Lord is teaching me and leading me to live in and with His Kingdom values and to continually keep surrendering every area of my life to Him.

Where is The Lord asking you to do this?

May these jottings from my journal inspire you to believe in and fall in love with Christ- the hope of the world, as stated in Jeremiah 17:7, ‘Blessed is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord and whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord!’

Love

Rosemary

Every week groups of ladies meet together to chat about the things I raise in my weekly blog post and to chat about life in general. We call these ‘Heart Connect’ groups.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

What areas of your life can you offer up to God?

Have you done this before? Did you find that God made a change in you because of your reliance on Him?

What does it mean to you when you think of God’s strength helping you when you feel weak?