Day 26 - Boast About Your Weakness

A Weightless Devotional

“But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.”
—2 Corinthians 12:9–10

In the life of every believer, you will always find Christ.

The Holy Spirit Himself is in each one of us as a deposit guaranteeing things to come, as a counselor for the present, and as a friend in the chaos. But in 2 Corinthians, Paul reveals something that he says allows the power of Christ to reside in us.

Did you catch it?

In order to live in the power of Christ, you have to boast about your weakness. That means that we find the power of God when it comes in the company of our own vulnerability. When we accept our limitations, we make room for Christ to work in and through us. When we reject them or just ignore them, then the power of Christ, while still within us, is not noticeable in our lives. In fact, it’s the opposite. When you reject or ignore your limitations and pretend that you have it all under control, or are simply lost in the chaos, then the power of Christ is no longer recognizable in your life.

This spiritual paradox of strength says that human weakness can actually lead to divine strength. By boasting in his weaknesses, Paul rejoiced in the presence of the power of God in His life. For the modern believer, this is evidence to those around us that God’s grace is sufficient for all that ails us, and that His power works most powerfully in our brokenness.