Strong

"My grace suffices for you, for power is perfected in weakness," 2 Corinthians 12:9.

Whose grace? Well, before that, who's talking? The Lord. And who's the Lord talking to? Paul. So why is the Lord talking to Paul? Because Paul's been suffering a lot. What's he suffering about? Well, he doesn't say - only God knows. Whatever it is it hurts. And it shows him to be weak. So Paul's begged the Lord about making it go away. (I mean, who likes to suffer in weakness? He certainly doesn't.) So what does the Lord do about it? He just talks. That's what he does. He says: My powerful grace is enough for your weakness. Well! And how does that sit with Paul? Paul says: Oh! When I'm weak that's when I'm strong! I can live with that. For Jesus. And be satisfied. Sky kingdom. Oh, yeah, and it's God's grace.

We remind each other, today, brothers or sisters, that our desires are not always met how we want. But we trust the Lord's grace in the middle of fixing things powerfully. And, together, we give thanks that God's future makes all present suffering a thing of the past.