THE UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL 2ND APRIL 2025,WEDNESDAY MESSAGE
Read The Upper Room Devotional 2nd April 2025 written by Margie McNeir (Texas, USA)
TOPIC: Power in Weakness
Today’s Reading
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
The Lord said to Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NRSVUE)
For seven years as a child, I took piano lessons. I quickly learned my strength was sight-reading music; and to my annoyance, my weakness was my inability to memorize easily. One year, when the day of the recital came, I still did not feel comfortable with my music.
As I walked toward the piano, my stomach was queasy and my hands shaky. I sat down and began to play, but near the end my mind went blank. I could not remember how to finish the piece. Finally, desperate, I just hit a chord, stood up, and walked back to my seat, feeling embarrassed.
I wish I could say I overcame my challenges with memorization. I cannot. I wish I could say I can preach and teach without notes in front of me. I cannot. And yet, God still calls me to teach and occasionally to preach and blesses me despite my weakness.
The Bible has many stories about people who felt inadequate whom God used in powerful ways: Moses and Jeremiah are two examples. Even Mary, Peter, and Paul struggled until God’s grace saw them through to accomplish powerful works.
When we give our weaknesses as well as our strengths to God, we can stand strong and marvel at what God does with our lives.
Today’s Prayer
O Lord, use our strengths and weaknesses to glorify you wherever we go, in whatever we do, and with whomever we meet. Amen.
Thought for the Day
God can use all that I am to accomplish great things.
Prayer Focus
Young musicians
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