April 1

Through weakness to strength

“Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water” (John 2:7).

The miracle of Cana has been shining out these days. “Fill the waterpots with water,” has been the watchword, undiluted weakness transmuted into undiluted strength. It seemed to me as if the first thing we expect of God is that He will tinge our water with the wine of His power. Then when we learn a little better we look for His wine, but feel it must still have an admixture of our water. It is but slowly that we come to see that the mingling is not His way with us. It is all weakness up to the brim, exchanged for His “All Power.”
—I. Lilias Trotter.

Some people are too strong for God to do much with them. If they were weaker in themselves, they might become stronger in God.

I am so weak, dear Lord, I cannot stand
One moment without Thee!
But oh! the tenderness of Thine enfolding,
And oh! the faithfulness of Thine upholding,
And oh! the strength of Thy right hand!
That strength is enough for me.
—Frances Ridley Havergal.

Have you learned to deal so closely with an almighty God that you know Omnipotence is working in you? In outward appearance there is often so little sign of it. The Apostle Paul said, “I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, and . . . my preaching was . . . in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.” From the human side there was feebleness; from the divine side there was divine Omnipotence. And that is true of every godly life; and if we would only learn that lesson better, and give a wholehearted, undivided surrender to it, we should learn what blessedness there is in dwelling every morning and every hour and every moment with an almighty God.
—Andrew Murray.

“Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Cor. 12:9).

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