Glory in Weaknesses

Why do the scriptures say that when we are weak then we are strong? The world says exactly the opposite. It doesn't mean that Christians should be cowards in everything. Rather, it means the true strength lies not on man himself but on his appreciation of weakness. No matter how a man achieves or possesses, it cannot increase the true strength at all. There is absolutely zero contribution for that in any bodily form. It’s because what comes out of man are all but malice, envy, conceits, deceits, murders, anger, hatred, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false testimony, slander. So, ‘when we are weak,’ means that we recognize the total bankruptcy to be humanly strong in handling our lives. Practically, it means that we let down everything whatever we think is admirable by humans. It’s the realization of Jesus Christ present within in every area of lives. Jesus calls such men the poor in the spirit. Paul expressed the deep cry after all he found himself as a wretched man. That’s the moment of being truly weak in the flesh and strong in the Lord. That’s the authentic Christian living designed by God before the creation of the world.

“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Corinthians 12:10 NKJV)

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:3 NKJV)

“O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.” (Romans 7:24-25 NKJV)