Tag: God's strength

Morning Musing: Romans 16:25-27

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“Now to him who is able to strengthen you  according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles—to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ—to him be the glory forever! Amen.” (CSB – Read the chapter)

This has been quite a journey. As I sit early writing this little opener, I’m not sure yet when I’ll actually write the rest of this post, but I think it’ll wind up being sometime in January. That’ll make just over a year that we have been walking together through Paul’s letter to the Roman believers. We have covered a lot of ground—a lot of good ground. Thank you for coming on this journey with me. I’m looking forward to our next. Here at the end, Paul offers a final benediction. Let’s wrap up our journey by walking through the rich theology he lays out for us here.

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Digging in Deeper: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

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“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.’ Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (CSB – Read the chapter)

When was the last time you were in a place of genuine dependence on someone else? When was the last time you were so weak you couldn’t accomplish some task on your own? I still remember the day after having my appendix out. I had some sort of a reaction to the anesthesia that caused all my muscles to gradually clench until I was curled up in a ball. I could actively feel it happening, but couldn’t do anything about it. It was one of the weirdest, most helpless, not to mention scariest moments of my life. And the doctor on call just stood there staring at me. Thankfully one of my nurses broke protocol by not waiting on the pharmacy order to go through to give me some medicine that resolved the issue. Being weak and helpless is no fun. If you’ve been there, you know what I’m talking about. So then, what are we supposed to do with Paul’s glorification of weakness here? Let’s talk about it.

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