Rejoicing in Your Weakness

"Rejoicing in our weaknesses is a learned skill. We will have to work at learning this skill our entire lives; in every moment of motherhood."

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

2 Corinthians 12:10 (ESV)

When Paul writes about being content, he’s referring to a continual mindset meaning he is pleased or delighted. It literally means to think good. This mindset is possible through the power of the Holy Spirit. How do we get in this mindset and state of contentment ? We pray, and we ask for our minds to be transformed (Romans 12:1-2).

Then comes a paradox of our faith only possible in the upside down Kingdom of Jesus. To be strong is to be powerful and able. It is the complete opposite of weak. How is it possible that in a moment of our weakness, we are at our strongest? It is because God is able to transform even our weakest moments and struggles into something glorious. So take heart! While it may seem and look impossible for God to use our hurting and suffering for his glory and our good, nothing is impossible for Him (Luke 1:37).

Rejoicing in our weaknesses is a learned skill. We will have to work at learning this skill our entire lives; in every moment of motherhood. We aren’t rejoicing in the weakness or suffering we’re experiencing- we are rejoicing in the truth of who God is in our weaknesses and suffering. It is when we rejoice despite our circumstances we are able to say, like Paul, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us (Romans 8:18).”

Action Steps:

• Listen to "Firm Foundation (He Won’t)" by The Worship Initiative

• Read James 1:2-4

Written by Michelle, mom of 1