Today on my day off i was able to enjoy sleep and just quietness :) I found a nice coffee shop in downtown Laurel and it's been so fun to relax and get to read and write for a little bit. I've been asking the Lord what He wants to teach me today and it's been like a download of information. He is always speaking, it's just my choice to have open ears to hear what the Spirit is saying. He lead me to Luke 21:1-4 first. It says:
"Looking up, Jesus saw the rich people putting their gifts into the treasury. And He saw also a poor widow putting in two mites. And He said, Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for they all gave out of their abundance (their surplus); but she has contributed out of her lack and her want, putting in all that she had on which to live."
God does not define us by our weakness or our lack, but our willingness to allow Him to become our strength. He keeps reminding me that He does not see as the world sees. He just wants our BEST. Our best may not be want the world considers the best to be. Papa gave His very best sacrifice for me-His Son. Now it's my chance to endure, finish well, and give my very best the rest of this summer. Even when it's hard and I feel like i have no energy left, He requires my best. When we give our best, Jesus always makes up the difference. I love that!! When we are willing, He is strong in our weakness. He loves weak and desperate people, because He has room to be their strength.
I starting thinking about all the people in the Bible who were weak to the world but were made strong by the power of the Lord and were able to do supernatural things. He turned the weak into warriors for His Glory!
-Abraham and Sarah were barren and unable to have children yet was turned into the father of many nations.
-Moses said "I am slow to speech and have a heavy and awkward tongue", but God made him His mouth piece. In Deut. 34:7 it says "Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor His strength gone".
-David was the youngest, smallest, just tended sheep, not even allowed to fight. As we know, the Lord gave Him strength to fight Goliath and made him a king.
-Esther was a Jewish orphan who saved her people from being killed by risking her own life. Her background did not let that stop her from being a strong warrior.
-Gideon was another example. In Judges 6:15-16 it says "Gideon said to Him, 'Oh Lord, how can i deliver Isreal? Behold, my clan is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the LEAST in my fathers house.' The Lord said to him, 'Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man.'" He hid from from the midianites and asked for two signs from the Lord because he was afraid. He was so afraid of the people that when God told him to tear down the altar of Baal, He did it at night so no one would see. God still affirmed him and was patient with his weakness. He saw the willingness of Gideons heart.
Our ability or circumstance does not have to determine our destiny!
In 1 Corinthians 9:22 it says "To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
He loves being strong in our weakness and making up the difference. He is saying, "If you just say 'yes' where you are now, i will take you where you want to be". I get frustrated with my struggles, my conpromises, and my inabilities, but the Lord is not calling me to be perfect, just willing. I love that He takes us where we are and transforms us into something we could never achieve alone. He loves giving beauty instead of ashes. If we will trade our insecurities and trust Him, He will do "exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think" (Eph. 3:20). I am praying for a transformed mind to not question His strength when He asked me to do something, but just rest in the confidence to know that my weakness is not weakness to Him, just an opportunity for Him to be strong. My ability does not determine my destiny. We serve a God who delights in doing the impossible. He loves transforming weak people into warriors!!
*Isaiah 40:29
*Joel 3:10
*Romans 8:26
*2 Cor. 12:10
*Hebrews 4:15
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