OUT OF WEAKNESS...MADE STRONG

"Who through faith... out of weakness were made strong" (Heb 11:33,34).

Hebrews chapter 11 speaks of the heroes of faith; almost all the heroes of faith in the Bible are listed in this chapter. One may think these men and women were born with extraordinary strength, talents or abilities. However, the above text enlightens us to the fact that they were all by nature weak persons - and that their strength or ability to do extraordinary things for God's glory came from the Lord.

Gideon was so timid that he was threshing wheat by the winepress for fear of the Midianites. David appeared to be such an insignificant boy that even his father didn't feel the need to call him when Samuel came home, although all the other children were called. The very name 'Jacob' means 'deceiver' - he deceived his brother, his father and his father-in-law and, in one sense he deceived himself. However, God was pleased to call Himself the God of Jacob. Our God is still the God of Jacob.

You may be a very weak person by nature. Even after receiving many spiritual experiences, you may be feeling the same - weak, timid, sensitive, touchy, moody, etc. Notwithstanding, "through faith... out of weakness" you can be strong.

Doctors say that if a bone in the human body is broken and healed, the joined part becomes the strongest part of the bone so much that, that part is the last place to get broken again. The God Who created the human body is the One Who builds our spiritual life. GOD WANTS TO MAKE OUR WEAKEST POINT THE STRONGEST POINT IN OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE. Praise be to God!

- Late Pas T.U.Thomas, in "Morning Manna"