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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Your weakness, your strength: Learning to appreciate other's weaknesses

We are fearfully and wonderfully created by God. I wonder if you have ever asked "Wonderful? I hate the way I am. I can't stand myself, how do You stand me God?".

When God is dealing with your character, it is as if you feel so naked. So exposed and you don't really like it because you feel ugly.

Moses was a man who needed God's correction as well. When people talk about Moses, they will often say that Moses did not deal with his anger, that was why he couldn't inherit the promise land. But his anger could have helped him inherit the promised land if it was under God's control.

I have been thinking alot about emotions and passion lately. I believe that you need to have Holy Discontent to ignite the passion to do something for God.

Likewise, Moses had the discontent. He was unhappy with the way things were. In his heart he knew that slavery wasn't right. His people needed to be freed to go to the promised land. It was his anger, or angry nature, that made him say enough is enough.

But he wasn't ready! He needed God to process him further. He was made a humble shepherd boy.

I'm sure Moses felt really bad during the desert time. He must have felt really naked too. He killed someone! Oh what was I thinking??

We need to forget about the past, and move on. We need to recognise that our weakness is also our strength!

If Moses did not have the rage, how could he even have the passion to start to do something big for God? He needed that rage, respond to injustice, to bring his people out of slavery. But his strength was also his weakness. However, he shouldn't beat himself up and ask God to make him the person he is not made to be. Instead he should ask God to help him to lay himself down under His authority.

Without David being overly emotional, do you think we will have the collection of psalms that help us relate to God?

Without Paul's zeal, do you think doctrines could be firmly established?

Recently I have also shared with some of my teacher friends that they are made with a soft touch for a reason. There are times they might feel frustrated over their emotions, but imagine a teacher with iron fist!

Perhaps you have felt hurt before by your leader saying things in the most direct and insensitive way, just think that your leader's nature needed him/her to be that way! Appreciate other's weakness, because it's their strength as well. Anyways we are all work in progress.

Remember learn to embrace who you are. You are fearfully and wonderfully made, for a reason.

Try not to hold on too much or take pride too much in your weakness too, because they need to be under His control.

by apple-addict at 2:39 PM |