"When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling." (1 Cor. 2:1-3)
Sometimes I am surprised at how painfully shy I can be at certain events. Because I feel nervous about a situation or a meeting, the thought of it can make my stomach turn.
In these moments, I am encouraged by these words of Paul -- that He too was a human being who experienced nervousness even when being one of the most powerful and memorable apostles for Christ. I forget that as a Christian, I do not live on my own strength and on my own abilities, that I may be proud of my accomplishments and boast to the world my greatness.
No, Paul says, "The foolishness of God is stronger than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength." (1 Cor 1:25) In that vein, we give over our lives to Christ in full, so that we can do more than what our human strength (or weakness) can accomplish.
Yes, I have moments when my own strength is not strong enough and my own capacity is found wanting. In those moments, how blessed am I that I can turn to the Lord and ask for more capacity and more strength to do the things that He has called me to do. In the same way that Paul was called beyond his capacity to be an apostle, so too have I been called to the mission field of business -- and so I must rely and lean upon the Lord for my strength to go with courage even into the situations where I have none.
Lord Jesus, how great are You that I can lean upon You to do more than my human capacity allows. Strengthen Your servant in those times and lead me with peace into any perceived lions' dens that the world may construct. I pray that Your Spirit will always shine through in everything that I do. In Your awesome name I pray, AMEN.
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