Siku 4
2 Wakorintho 12:7-10
Somo la Maandiko(ESV)
7So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.
8Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.
9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Tafakari ya leo
Mshana wa Paulusi 'katika nyama yake' ubaki kuwa ni siri, lakini jibu lake ni wazi kwa njia kamili. Mara tatu aliomba kumkamatia, lakini jibu la Mungu lililikufa kama kuweza: 'Neema yangu ni kweli hali yako.' Lakini hii haikuwa 'hapana'—ilikuwa ni 'ndiyo' lenye kina kwa kitu zaidi. Nguvu za Mungu kamata kuwa kwa ajili ya udhaifu wetu, kumaanisha mapungufu yetu yanakuwa uwanja ambapo nguvu yake inangaza zaidi. Mabadiliko ya muonekano wa Paulusi ni yasiyoaminika: anahamia kutoka kuomba kumkamatia kwa kufariji kuhusu udhaifu wake. Kwa nini? Kwa sababu wakati akuwa dhaifu, nguvu ya Kristo inamwiko kwake. Hii haisigeuzi maumivu lakini inafichua jinsi Mungu inavyokuomba. Changamoto yako ya sasa inaweza kuwa 'mshana yako'—hilo lilo magumu lengine lilo kutokuwa kwa ajili linizazi lote. Leo, fikiria kwamba Mungu inaweza kuwa haoni kumkamatia kwa sababu akifanya kitu zaidi kilicholemaa: kuonyesha neema yake ya kweli na nguvu yake kamata kupitia hali yako isiyokamata. Umekuta usalama, kukaramu upendo, kupokea amani, na sasa unakugundua kwamba neema yake ni kweli iliyokamata.
Tafakari
Jinsi gani udhaifu wako wa sasa au changamoto inaweza kukamatia mtendi wa kuonyesha nguvu za Mungu katika maisha yako?
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Mwombe Mungu akusamehe kuona changamoto zako kupitia macho yake, na kukaramu neema yake kama iliyokamata kwa yeyote unayokabili...
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