IN OUR WEAKNESS

 

 

                                                   Peter Kennedy

 

"'But Lord,' Gideon asked, 'how can I save Israel? My clan is

the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.'" -

Judges 6:15

 

Once when he was to preach at the University of Sydney in

Australia, evangelist and pastor John Stott lost his voice. He

says: "What can you do with a missionary who has no voice? We had

come to the last night of the [evangelistic campaign]. The students

had booked the big university hall. A group of students gathered

around me, and I asked them to pray as Paul did, that this thorn in

the flesh might be taken from me. But we went on to pray that if it

pleased God to keep me in weakness, I would rejoice in my

infirmities in order that the power of Christ might rest upon me.

 

"As it turned out, I had to get within one inch of the microphone

just to croak the gospel. I was unable to use any inflection of

voice to express my personality. It was just a croak in a monotone,

and all the time we were crying to God that his power would be

demonstrated in human weakness. Well, I can honestly say that there

was a far greater response that night than any other night. I've

been back to Australia ten times now, and on every occasion

somebody has come up to me and said, 'Do you remember that night

when you lost your voice? I was converted that night.'"

 

The Lord loves us when we are weak, because it is then that He can

work through us. Today in prayer, give thanks to the Lord that when

we are weak He is strong.

 

"God had looked for a man weak enough, and He found me." - Hudson

Taylor

 

God's Word: "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." - 2 Corinthians 12:9