What makes us feel weak? It is being under attack, feeling inadequate to handle the pressures and the problems that we have. If you feel weak, then it is not only the devil that makes you feel that way, but it is God too. God makes us feel this weakness to keep us from adopting attitudes that could render us useless in the work of spreading His kingdom. The worst thing we can do is become arrogant about his revelation. It is more important to keep us humble than it is to make us comfortable, so God allows the
thornto go on.
Strength builds through our weaknesses. There are things that I have experienced this past year that I would have crumbled under a few years ago. And maybe the circumstances of this past year will enable me to withstand the pressure of something in the future that I could not handle today.
Psalm 84:5-7 says, "What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. They will continue to grow stronger,
and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem."
Always remember, the devil is being defeated when we are feeling attacked and under the gun, when we feel weak and helpless and do not know what to do, when we are not sure how to respond, when in our perplexities and sense of weakness we come before the Lord and plead with Him for strength to go on one more day and for grace to help us stand. That is when we are winning and when the kingdom of God is being spread more abundantly than ever before.
Dalinda
