God’s Power in Us: Power Perfected in Weakness
Thirteen years ago, I became a mom, and life as I had known it changed forever. Today, I invite you to join me in the hospital room at the beginning of my motherhood journey, and we’ll talk about experiencing God’s power in us when we feel weak.
God’s Power in Us
Outside the hospital window, an apricot glow arises from behind the unclothed tree line. Dawn is coming. Today is my first full day as a mother, and I’m weary. I slept less than an hour last night and cannot move after yesterday’s emergency C-section.
Now, more than ever, I need God’s power to carry me in my weakness.
If I’m brutally honest, this all feels like too much.
Maybe you can relate.
You might not have experienced this sentiment in a hospital bed, but you’ve probably endured a few seasons when life felt like too much. Just when you thought you couldn’t possibly handle one more crisis, everything became exponentially more difficult, and you felt overwhelmed and alone.
In these moments, some of us pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and hurry to clean up life’s messes.
There is a time to clean up the mess.
However, more than mustering up more self-effort, God calls us to press closer to him and leave room for his grace.
When God imparts his grace, he works in our lives to accomplish everything we cannot do in our own strength. We press close to him, and he makes his power known in our weaknesses.
God’s Power in Us When We Are Weak
Someone once declared, “God will never give you more than you can handle.” I’m not sure who first spoke these words, but they don’t align with God’s character or the realities in our lives. God often gives us more than we can handle as he teaches us to rely on his sufficiency.
As I held our first child and kissed her fuzzy head in the hospital room, God reminded me of nine short words: “For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10).
I knew he was not asking me to equip myself for the calling of motherhood. He wasn’t calling me to perfection or self-sufficient strength; instead, he was teaching me to trust him. He reminded me that he would give me all I needed to care for our child.
God’s power in us is perfected in weakness.
That moment in the hospital took place many years ago, but I remember it often. It has become an anchor on my journey through both parenthood and life. Every time I start to doubt my ability to raise my children, pursue a dream, or step out in faith, I remind myself that my weakness is the perfect platform for God to show up in his power. He provides all I need for every step of this journey.
God is not calling you to hold your world together either.
Remember this: Your weakest areas are the precise places where God is waiting to move and make his power known.
God is inviting you to new levels of trust. He is allowing this weakness so that you can experience his power and encounter him in new ways.
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8 Bible Verses About God’s Power
Scripture is full of truths about God’s power. Here are eight Truths about the Lord’s all-sufficient power.
1. God’s power in us is made perfect in our weakest moments.
The Apostle Paul wrote: “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10 NIV).
2. God’s power crushes his enemies.
“Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy” (Exodus 15:6 ESV).
3. Our heavenly Father is capable of much more than we can begin to fathom.
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever” (Ephesians 3:20-21).
4. God’s power is sovereign.
“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all” (1 Chronicles 29:11).
5. God gives us his spirit of power.
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control” (2 Timothy 1:7).
6. All things are possible with God.
“But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible'” (Matthew 19:26).
7. All things were created by God and for God.
“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him” (Colossians 1:16).
8. His divine power has given us everything we need.
“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence” (2 Peter 1:3).
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Regardless of which circumstance in your life feels most overwhelming, you can trust that your God is big enough to carry you to the other side. Ask him to help you embrace your weakness. In his grace, he will make his power known through your weakest moments.
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