I am feeling all to much what paul talks about in Romans (7:12-8:3), I desire to please God yet inside me I find a war rages between my spirit. The flesh is strong but the spirit is stronger, who will save me from this flesh!!! Thanks to Jesus for his grace that I may come to him in times of need, thankyou that in the times I am week Jesus is strongest... right now I am weak Lord, be strong in me.
2 Corinthians 12:7-9 And to keep me from being puffed up and too much elated by the exceeding greatness (preeminence) of these revelations, there was given me a thorn (a splinter) in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to rack and buffet and harass me, to keep me from being excessively exalted. [Job. 2:6.] 8 Three times I called upon the Lord and besought [Him] about this and begged that it might depart from me; 9 But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me!
When paul is talking in this verse about flesh he does not talk about physical flesh, like its not some sort of physical element but its a spiritual one, he mentions that the thorn in the flesh was in fact a messenger of Satan to rack and buffet and harass him. I can only conclude that this is similar to spiritual attacks experienced by Christians around the world today, I've had this myself. What was the answer God gives paul? that Jesus's strength is made perfect when we are weak. Its those times that we ourselves are weak that we must fully rely on Jesus (his strength) and not ourselves. But we have this hope in our weakness's:
Romans 5:3-5 3 Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. 4 And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation. 5 Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us.
Though I am weak now, I know that God uses it for His glory and what can I do but praise him for his almighty wisdom and grace shown to me.
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