But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NIV
Sufficient Grace
The Canadian climate is not always friendly to the production of many fresh fruits and vegetables resulting in limited production during the winter months, insufficient to provide for Canadian consumers. However, growth in the greenhouse and vertical farming space, along with more output in traditional production of field fruit and vegetables, has resulted in more homegrown fruits and vegetables – and a lesser (though still prevalent) reliance on imports for consumption. Stronger reliance on Canadian fresh fruit and vegetable production is a positive development.
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One of the things I love about the principles of the Kingdom of God is that they turn the principles of the world on their head. In a world where glory, power and pride are celebrated and people want to be rich and famous, the Kingdom of God teaches things like we read in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10: “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” Imagine boasting in our weaknesses. The world tells us to hide our weaknesses, and the next self-help guru will write a book about finding inner strength, a dubious call at best. In the Kingdom of God, when we are open and honest before God about our weaknesses, and in the challenges and difficulties of life, we discover that God’s strength and power then kicks in. He, then, becomes our strength.
These have been words from the heart.
Bob Beasley