There is no more dreadful image of weakness than a man hanging on a cross. He hangs there, nailed hands and feet pierced with nails with no chance to escape. As the hours pass he weakens. He lifts himself on nail pierced feet to try and and relief for his laboured breathing. He is in constant pain and can’t get relief and there is only one result.
This is the image Paul uses to illustrate weakness. Jesus, King of kings and Lord of lords, hanging in pain and weakness.
But now He lives and reigns in power.
Paul says that this is what happens when we are weak in Christ. We yield our power to His power so that we have he power of God working in us.
Why must we keep on trying in our own weakness when we have all the power of God to help us in our trials? The sooner we realise that it is God’s strength, not our strength, that will get us through the sooner we can grow and the sooner we can be useful in God’s service.
Jesus was crucified in weak to live in the power of God.
As were crucified with Christ we too can live in His power. This is the power of the cross.
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