For When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong
It was one of those weeks where I was very busy and it was full of things we were doing for others.
We had offered our home to host a couple’s shower and 35 attendees would be enjoying a Saturday evening dinner. Then on Sunday morning, I was going to be the only flute performing in orchestra for the church service. It all had me very concerned that I wasn’t going to have the strength needed to accomplish everything, especially since I came down with a cold that put me in bed on Friday. (It was not COVID, as I was tested on Friday afternoon for that.)
I was needed this weekend and I didn’t feel well. In fact, I felt awful. I began to worry and I turned over in my head all the options…
Cancel the shower? – No, that was not an option for me.
Get a substitute flute player for Sunday? – I contacted the orchestra director to see if he could find a substitute for me and we agreed that I would let him know by Saturday at noon whether I could play.
Then I went to bed and slept most of Friday. On Saturday morning when I woke up, I still felt weak and tired. Scott and I prayed for wisdom and strength. Immediately I felt strength pouring into me! We got busy getting our home ready for the party. I worked tirelessly through the day and evening and still had strength when I went to bed that night. I contacted the orchestra director before noon and said I would be there Sunday morning.
When I woke Sunday morning, I didn’t feel well. I decided to move forward on faith that God would provide the strength that I needed to perform in the service. I slept in the car on the way to church and I conserved my energy in the pre-rehearsal. When the service started, God gave me everything I needed to play beautifully. Then I slept in the car on the way home and upon arrival I took a long nap.
These kinds of experiences remind me of how often I need to turn to God and claim His scriptures over different areas of my life. I claimed 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 over this situation – particularly the last part “…for when I am weak, then I am strong”. Linda Crummer, in a June 5, 2019 article called When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong – 2 Corinthians 12:9-11 says it this way – “No matter what I face I have this assurance that Christ is my strength! I need not fear or stress over my weaknesses because when I am weak, He is strong and will uphold me and sustain me. I can stand on that truth today.”
