Why Father Loves Weakness

I have found in our world and culture in America that we value strength in it's many forms but tend to carry a shame when there is weakness.  Yet every person on this planet carries gifts but also all have weaknesses.  The Bible is blunt when we are told, "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)  What led to people sinning and coming short of the glory of God (their original design) but some weakness in their character (being led away from God through deception).  Ever since the Fall with Adam and Eve, people have been using proverbial fig leaves to hide their weaknesses or failings.  This is not redeemed humanity "in Christ" but the default way to deal with these areas of our lives.  Even recently when I was asked about an area of my life that I have struggled with for years, I told a white lie that it was getting a little better when truthfully the symptoms of the problem are still present.

For those who are redeemed and born again, has God given us a different way to see our weaknesses and thus a different path to walk.  Do we have a Father in Heaven who not only was not shocked by our weaknesses but actually made a plan to redeem us in our weaknesses?  God is love and we need to see the reality of His love in the middle of our weakness.  I would say that the majority, if not all, our weaknesses are connected to our trusting in the flesh and not trusting in the Spirit.  I talked to someone who was recently going through a great tragedy, they were realizing that all their efforts to be in control was actually their weakness instead trusting God is true strength.

What if we viewed our weaknesses as being the very place that God wants to upgrade our experience of Christ.  Can you imagine a people that would go around encouraging each other by speaking destiny words over those very people that were experiencing the greatest weakness.  Wouldn't it be amazing if this was not just every once in a while but actually became a common dimension of culture in a group of people.  Darwin talked about the "survival of the fittest" which basically meant that the weak and sickly would die off and only the fittest and strongest would survive.  This is exactly opposite of the Kingdom of God, it is actually the weak and dependent that can become great in the Kingdom of God (Matthew 18:1-3).

See your weakness as your next upgrade "in Christ" and open your heart for the Father to pour in His love and strength.

In His Strength,

Bret