Funny thing about power tools… They allow you to do what you
don’t have the power to do and often with a measure of precision you may be
lacking as well. But if a power tool must be used, and if there’s a man around
at the time, it’s best you hand the tool over, right? ‘Cause power tools are
for men and all of us men are all the more manly for using them. Disclaimer
[lest I be exiled from man-land]: I do love me some power tools. But it’s the
power tools themselves, not my ginormous muscles, that make many of these tough
jobs manageable. In fact, it’s my weakness that necessitates the use of the
power tools. So I can’t turn the wrench on that nut by myself but, with the
help of a Speedaire Industrial Duty Impact Wrench, I’m pretty much the man! Moses
didn’t have what it took to free an entire nation from the grip of a stubborn
Pharaoh with unmatched military power. Peter didn’t have what it took to adjust
his molecular density or command buoyancy from the water in order to step out
of the boat and join his Rabbi. And so I choose to join the ranks of countless
weaklings throughout the scriptures, who allowed God’s power to be made perfect
in their weakness. Here are two things He’s been whispering into my spirit:
In me, you have what it takes to do what I’m calling you to
do.
For you, weakness is a lie as MY power in you makes you
strong.
What is he whispering to you? Will you choose, as the
Apostle Paul did, to boast all the more
gladly in your weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon you?
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