Our acts of obedience can appear like a massive game of dominoes across a floor. One act of obedience will lead to another, taking us to places we never imagined. The same is true for our disobedience.
We can think our weaknesses have derailed God’s will for our lives. They don’t. God will tell us what He told Paul: “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness” (II Corinthians 12:9).
Whether our weakness manifests as a response to our fear, pride, or a physical affliction, like it was for Paul, these things are never an obstacle to God. They are part of the domino effect of our faith. When our weaknesses are known and confessed, they will lead us forward, changing how we see God and ourselves.
Realizing that truth, Paul said, “So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses so that the power of Christ can work through me” (vs. 9).
God’s love in our lives has a more significant impact than our sin, brokenness, or disbelief. When we finally realize God’s power is at work to restore us, we will fall before the Lord in worship and become the next domino to fall in our life of faith.
Like all of you who are reading this, we have broken all of God’s commandments, either in word or deed. None of us is immune to that brokenness. The only way out of this malaise of brokenness is to see our lives from God’s perspective, not ours. That revelation is where the next domino will fall, leading us to a deeper understanding of God’s heart.
This is an updated edition of a post originally published on Garris Elkins
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