Your Weakness

Psalm 103:13-16New International Version (NIV)

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As a father has compassion on his children,

    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

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for he knows how we are formed,

    he remembers that we are dust.

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The life of mortals is like grass,

    they flourish like a flower of the field;

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the wind blows over it and it is gone,

    and its place remembers it no more.

Any weakness you refuse to deal with will draw you towards the wrong things and set you up for defeat.To live victoriously you must recognise that, first, your weakness can emerge at any time. What you allow to take root will grow within you. What you fail to master now will master you later.

The Psalmist prayed, 

Psalm 71:9New International Version (NIV)

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Do not cast me away when I am old;

    do not forsake me when my strength is gone.

Secondly, God's Spirit will repeatedly warn you.

 Jesus told Peter:

Luke 22:31-32New International Version (NIV)

31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

Imagine the Lord praying for you. He does! He intercedes for you, clothes you in His righteousness, and draws you back to Himself.

1 John 2:1New International Version (NIV)

2 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 

Thirdly, God will continue to use you even while your weakness is growing within you. He provides opportunity after opportunity to reach for His help. Jesus warned Jerusalem

Matthew 23:37-38New International Version (NIV)

37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.

When you neglect God's grace, what's left? Your consequences! You ask, 'What can I do?' Turn to God. He's neither shocked by your weakness nor unwilling to help you. Acknowledge your weakness. Become an enemy to it. Let God's Spirit empower you. Not only can He deliver you, He can turn your greatest weakness into your greatest weapon.