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frettr00
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This is in the Bible and I’ve heard it in Christian songs. What does it mean that God’s power is made perfect in our weakness?
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stbean
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“And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Often times when we are subjected to failure, we can learn from it, that is to say, if we’re reflective upon it. I view this Biblical verse in a similar way.
For example, let’s say I’ve just committed a mortal sin, and I feel weak and spiritually cut off from the Lord. Well, perhaps I fell into said sin because I depended on my self-reliance, and not God.
When I am weak, I tend to surrender to the Lord. Falling into sin, or suffering, or any kind of weakness, really, can cultivate humility and create in us a deeper understanding of our weaknesses. When we recognize this weakness, truly recognize it, I mean, then I think we are also able to recognize God’s perfectness, His Mercy, His love and His power.
That’s my interpretation, as best as I can put it, anyway.
In the same way that God chooses who He chooses, regardless of any obstacles or sin-filled pasts they may have. In the same way that Christ submitted to His Passion and the Father’s will. Weakness breeds strength in the same way the crucifixion gave birth to our salvation.
Often times when we are subjected to failure, we can learn from it, that is to say, if we’re reflective upon it. I view this Biblical verse in a similar way.
For example, let’s say I’ve just committed a mortal sin, and I feel weak and spiritually cut off from the Lord. Well, perhaps I fell into said sin because I depended on my self-reliance, and not God.
When I am weak, I tend to surrender to the Lord. Falling into sin, or suffering, or any kind of weakness, really, can cultivate humility and create in us a deeper understanding of our weaknesses. When we recognize this weakness, truly recognize it, I mean, then I think we are also able to recognize God’s perfectness, His Mercy, His love and His power.
That’s my interpretation, as best as I can put it, anyway.
In the same way that God chooses who He chooses, regardless of any obstacles or sin-filled pasts they may have. In the same way that Christ submitted to His Passion and the Father’s will. Weakness breeds strength in the same way the crucifixion gave birth to our salvation.
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EXdrinker
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Our failures and weaknesses keep our pride at bay. When we see these things as gifts from God, thank Him for them, and embrace them as sufferings that we offer to Him we are cooperating with Divine Providence. Humility is poverty of spirit, the first of the beatitudes that reveal the goal of human existence. These help us be “little” souls as St. Therese puts it.
CCC 1719 The Beatitudes reveal the goal of human existence, the ultimate end of human acts: God calls us to his own beatitude.
CCC 1719 The Beatitudes reveal the goal of human existence, the ultimate end of human acts: God calls us to his own beatitude.
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