LISTEN
NASB:
And he 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.
NIV:
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Observations:
God’s grace is sufficient for us.
His power is made perfect in weakness.
Paul boasted gladly about his weaknesses.
Christ’s power rested on Paul because he boasted about his weaknesses.
Takeaways:
Paul is explaining to the Corinthians how it is Christ’s power alone that gives us strength.
God gives us grace and power, and that power is perfected in our weaknesses.
Paul said he was glad to boast in his weaknesses because that meant Christ’s power would rest on him.
When we are in Christ, we don’t have to worry about living on the power of our own strength. We can rest in our own weaknesses, knowing that it is Christ’s power that gives us victory.
