I'll Start Again Monday by Lysa TerKeurst
Author:Lysa TerKeurst
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2021-10-12T00:00:00+00:00
But [Jesus] said to me, âMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.â Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christâs power may rest on me. That is why, for Christâs sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:9â10)
Weakness doesnât have to mean defeat. It is my opportunity to experience Godâs power firsthand. Had I said yes to that one bite that first night of our vacation, there would have been more compromises. Compromise built upon compromise equals failure.
Instead, resisting temptation allowed promise upon promise to be built up in my heart, and that creates empowerment. This is Godâs power working through my weakness. I knew one day I would be empowered enough to take a couple of bites and walk away, but that day had not yet come.
I donât know what you might be struggling with today, but I can assure you that God is fair and just. There is a good reason we must face our temptations. The struggle to say no may be painful in the moment, but it is working out something magnificent within us.
For so long Iâve considered my struggles with weight a curse. I know Iâm not alone in this. But, what if this battle with food is actually the very thing that, if brought under control, can lead us to a better understanding of God? What if we could actually get to the place where we thanked God for letting us face this battle because of the rich treasures we discovered on the battlefield?
My friend E. Titus summed up what I am discovering:
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