The overwhelming modern way of thinking and teaching in society is that we must find inner strength. You are your own power source. You are your own powerhouse of will, happiness, greatness, and power. Great things await you when you believe in yourself! Within yourself is all that you need. Just pick yourself up by your bootstraps.
God's Word could not be more contrary. Is it any surprise? No... but it still should be said.
In 2 Corinthians 12:10 it is written...
"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."
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This is no form of thought you will find in any self-help book, or motivational speaking event. What does it mean when Paul by inspiration of the Holy Spirit writes, "when I am weak, then I am strong."?
He is alluding to a strength simply not found in self. You don't have what it takes to be strong. If you think you do, you are actually weak. In fact, it is in emptying himself of himself, that he is made strong--not from within, but from without, by God.
Jesus echos this same teaching when he says "For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." (Matthew 16:25)
Have you found your outer strength?
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