“Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this we I toil, struggling with all the energy that he powerfully works within me.” – Col. 1:28-29
It is comforting to know that the Apostle Paul struggled too. Even with all the “energy that he [Jesus] works within” us, there will come days that we struggle with taking that next step, making that tough decision, or just dealing with the circumstances that life throws our way. Even Paul, the great Apostle to the Gentiles struggled at different points during his life and ministry.
But God said to him, just as he is says to us, “‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 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" (I Cor. 12:9-10).
May I (we) never lose sight of God’s grace and may I always look to the cross of Christ for my salvation, my strength, and my hope to continue onward.
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