Because of the
extravagance of these revelations, and so I wouldn't get a big
head,
I was given the
gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my
limitations.
Satan's
angel did his best to get me down: what he in fact did was push
me to my knees.
No danger then of
walking around high and mighty! At first I didn't think of it as
a gift,
and begged God to
remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,
"My grace is
enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own
in your weaknesses."
Once I
heard that, I was glad to let it happen.
I quit
focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift.
It was a
case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.
Now I take
limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations
that cut me down to size -
abuse, accidents,
opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over!
And so the weaker
I get, the stronger I become!
2 Cor 12: 7-10
The Message
Father, today in
whatever way the enemy comes against us, whatever abuse, pain,
opposition, bad breaks, accidents that he uses to block our
path, I pray we will clearly see immediately Your hand in
it. I pray we will immediately hand it over to Christ and
praise You for Your Goodness. Father, I pray we will
be so aware of Your Grace today that nothing will deter us
in any way from Your Will. I ask that we will be so
intuned to You that we will be able to thank You without
reservation for any handicap we may have. I thank You for the
ways You have used our physical, emotional and spiritual
ailments to drive us to our knees. I thank You from the
deepest part of me for putting me on my knees, and ask Your
forgiveness for when I have failed to look up at You from being
at Your feet.
I ask that I
will never again get to the point that I feel any sorrow for
being where You have placed me.
Oh, Father, I ask
today to have a new Vision. I ask for Supernatural
interference from You in our lives in such a way that we
cannot be stopped in our praises for You. I ask that the
words of our praises to be shared....that in order for that
to happen You will surprise us with quiet moments that
could only have been orchestrated by You. I ask that we
will hear Your voice- not only as You speak to us, but that we
will hear Your laughter and Your song. Let us feel Your Joy
and Love and Peace all wrapped around us in Your arms. In
whatever comes to us today, let us see Your
supernatural Handiwork. I pray for a day of many victories
in our lives and many moments of ecstasy in Your presence.
Replace any sorrow or
pain we have today with that Joy, and any distress with Your
Peace. Where there is any ill feeling or harmful intent
aimed at us, I ask You to replace that with Your Love.
Bless us beyond comprehension today and renew our Hope
in You and in our own future.
I love You, Lord, and
I praise You for all You have done through us and for us.
I can't wait to
praise You more!
In Jesus' name I
pray, Amen.
