"Jacob's hip was out of joint
as he wrestled with Him"
Genesis 32:25
I've got a friend who is wounded. Limping, albeit not physically. From a struggle. She's done with the trial she was going through, but it's left her feeling weak.
And I think that's a good thing.
My kids hate it when I remind them of the expression "that which does not kill us makes us stronger" but it's true. Every difficult situation we go through is something God has allowed for us, and sometimes the reason is because He wants us a little weaker.
Maybe it's because we were getting a little too confident in ourselves, and He wants us to rely on Him. In 2 Corinthians 12:9 God says, "My strength is made perfect in weakness."
Maybe it's because He wants to enable us to have compassion for others. 2 Corinthians 1:4 says that God "comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort others, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." {That verse is a bit of a tongue twister, but the meaning is so great!}
Maybe it's because He simply wants us to remember. Sometimes, when we're done with a trial, we're so glad to get back to our "regular" lives that we forget the lesson He wanted to teach us. 2 Timothy 3:14 says "you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them."
We don't want trials. And when we get them, we want to blame them on something or someone. But sometimes they are from Him.
And we don't want to limp. We want to feel we are "perfect". But our definition is different than His. And if limping is how He wants us, then that's perfect!
~ "Walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him" ~
Colossians 1:10
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