During my battle with Stage IV melanoma, one of the deadliest and hardest to treat cancers, I found myself so weak I could barely cope. In a five month period in 2002-2003, I had three cancer removal surgeries; several rounds of high dose IL-2, a drug requiring hospitalization to manage the side effects; high beam radiation; several rounds of a harsh chemo cocktail; several infections; and I was too weak to travel for my dad’s funeral after he passed away from Stage IV melanoma. To get through that “daymare,” the thing I most needed to hear was …
It’s not only OK to be weak, it’s better to be weak!
After a season of virtually begging God to change his circumstances, Paul found peace from God in his personal war on weakness:
And He (God) has 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. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong. ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
Embracing weakness, like many things, is learned. In most people, internal alarms go off at the first sign of weakness. We deny, hide and resist at all costs, mostly because we hate being out of control. Well, I do anyway!
The upside of weakness is the opportunity for the Lord to unleash HIS power and abilities! When we surrender to Him in our weakness, we transcend the measly human power we generate. Now that’s a trade-off I want to make! Embracing my weakness allows Him to truly enter the fight. Let’s turn Him loose in our lives!
Do you know “The Two Ways to Get to Heaven“?
¿Tu sabes “Dos Maneras de Ir al Cielo“?
