Whilst playing tennis this morning with my wife, the Holy Spirit spoke to me about weakness. Being male, though I was feeling a little tied from tennis, I wanted to press through my weariness to continue until my wife was done. And though this may sound heroic and thoughtful to my wife's needs it can also be dangerous.
Suppose I was a person with a weak heart, in my pride of not wanting to succumb to tiredness I press on in playing until ultimately I have heart failure and die. As dramatic as this may sound, this is also possible in a spiritual sense. That is not acknowledging our weaknesses (sins) will ultimately bring death as Romans tells us, "the wages of sin is death".
After telling my wife of this new analogy, my wife also said that our strength can also lead to our deaths both in the natural and in the spiritual. She late explained that when we try to achieve what only God can do through us when we acknowledge our weaknesses and we press through in our own strengths or gifts or abilities, ultimately we cut God off from being our strength and help in time of need.
So just as not acknowledging we are weak not asking God to help us and rather pressing through by ourselves will also bring destruction.
Once again, James calls for us to confess our weaknesses one to another, in doing so, we open up the store houses of heaven, the power of the Holy Spirit and all that God is able to do in and though our lives.
God Bless
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