{"id":1075,"date":"2011-01-20T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/2_corinthians_12_-_weaknesses.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:44:38","slug":"2_corinthians_12_-_weaknesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/2_corinthians_12_-_weaknesses.shtml","title":{"rendered":"2 Corinthians 12 &#8211; Weaknesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2 Corinthians 12:2-4 &#8211; Third heaven?  There are three?!  Wait, Paul, what does this mean?!? Sigh.<br \/>\n2Corinthians 12:10 &#8211; I don&#8217;t like weaknesses.  I want them to be eliminated, to be reversed into strengths.  Paul, though, rejoices in them, because it gives room for Christ to work.  They allow &#8211; no, force &#8211; him out of the way to let Jesus work.  They provide Christ a place to reveal His glory.<br \/>\nThat is, if we don&#8217;t let them stop us.  I too often let my weaknesses prevent me from pushing forward on working for Christ.  i stop at the end of my abilities, as if working for the Lord relied on me.  I need to get my eyes off my weaknesses, off of me, an onto Him.<br \/>\n2 Corinthians 12:14-15 &#8211; &#8221; &#8230; for I seek not what is yours but you.&#8221;  I&#8217;m made to think of so many TV ministries (and others) that each time they&#8217;re on are telling you that they need your money to keep going.  Certainly, a ministry takes resources, but compare their incessant pleadings with what Paul says here.  He refuses to burden them, he&#8217;d rather make his own way.  His heart is for <em>them<\/em> and them alone, and resources will not stand in the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Corinthians 12:2-4 &#8211; Third heaven? There are three?! Wait, Paul, what does this mean?!? Sigh. 2Corinthians 12:10 &#8211; I don&#8217;t like weaknesses. 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