Day 119 - God Is Creative in the Weak

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Thoughts on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 38

         

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One of the greatest weaknesses of the church today is that we have no “ministry of weakness.”  It is almost unacceptable to be “weak” in church work today.  Everyone is expected to be “strong” in the Lord.  Michael points out in today’s writing why God is unable to work in so many Christians…

DAY 119

God is Creative in the Weak

No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins. --Mark 2:22

God can only do something creative through a weak, unknowing person. Familiarity with a job encourages doing it the same way and not, in humility, seeking Him for His way. For example, a person with thirty years of successful experience with missions, teaching, or church building will not, generally speaking, seek the Father for how He wants things done today or in a new place. It will be done the same way without thought, and the person will find himself in a rut. The problem with many churches is that they either stay in a rut or go examine other people’s ruts instead of going to the Lord and discovering whether there is something new that He would do. I meet many people fearful to take up the call of God. They do not know how to preach, they do not know how to lead, and they do not know enough about the topic. But here is a secret: water cannot be put in a full cup; new wine cannot be put in an old wineskin. The fearful person is the perfect one in whom God can be creative. If he believes he cannot do something, he can admit it and let the Lord do something new. This message of Christ in man is old, and yet with each generation God would make it fresh. In weakness, allow Him to do just that, make it fresh.

How sad it is that the church does not know the “incredible truth” Michael points out in the opening sentence of this writing.  In fact, since the opposite is “known” and practiced today, the church has indeed become WEAK.  Flesh is the game today in church.  And FLESH has become the game today in individual Christian lives.  WEAKNESS is a “no-no.”  And the power of God is missing.

How could we miss this?  The beloved Apostle Paul said it over and over again that he was a “not,” and that everything he did was really of God.  Jesus said that HE was a “not,” and that all HE did was really God doing it through Him. 

Until we come to the realization and acknowledgement that Christianity is all about HIM PERFORMING and not us performing, and then acknowledging our “weakness” and apart from Him we are nothing…WE and the CHURCH will remain impotent.

Let’s wake up…admit who and what we are…and let the Lord do something new and creative in our lives and in our churches!  Christ in us…our hope!  Which Christians, which churches, are going to allow God to make that fresh today?

Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point      Green – IT, Incredible Truth        

Red – GP, Greatest Promises

Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches           Pink – PV, Priceless Victory

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