My Weakness, His Strength

I am embarking on something new. I get nervous when I do this. It scares me. On the outside, I look calm and cool. I like people to think I’ve got it all together and am confident in what I’m doing. But inside, I have doubts. I get nervous thinking about it and worrying I might fail.

This morning I read a chapter in a devotional book by Beka Burns that really got my attention. I learned, 1)I don’t have to be an expert in everything. I need to admit this. And when I do, I confess it to God–who already knows it anyway. In the Psalms, I am reminded to, Exalt the Lord our God! Bow low before his feet, for he is holy! (Ps. 99:5).

I’m not in charge. He is. It was a release to me to do that. In my journal I copied the above verse and glanced below the bottom of the page. Here’s what I read: Be still and know that I am God! (Ps. 46:10). Another reminder.

2) I pray to the Father. I read further, Give your burdens to the Lord and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall (Ps. 55:22). What a release it is to admit–even though he knows my weakness–to ask for help and confess I can’t do it on my own.

When I was grieving deeply after my second husband died suddenly, whenever I was in the car, I turned on a certain CD. I listened to it over and over again. It was all I could listen to. One of the songs meant a lot. An old hymn written by a housewife, Annie S. Hawks, in 1872. When she wrote it while working around her house, she said, “I became so filled with the sense of nearness to the Master that, wondering how one could live without Him, either in joy or pain.” Years later, when her husband died, the words meant even more to her.

150 years later, I too was overwhelmed with my lack, and his strength. I do need Jesus. Every hour.

Please enjoy the song. I hope you like a more modern rendition of the beautiful old song.

I don’t know where you are at this very moment, but I hope you’ll join me in admitting to Jesus how much we need him. Bow with me in giving any and all of our burdens to him. He knows our weaknesses. He encourages us to come to him and rest in him.

“Lord Jesus, I need you. Every hour. I give you my burden of not knowing how to do everything. I ask you for help. I know I can come and ask you for this. You tell us to come and here I am. I let my pride float away like dandelion seeds in the wind. In the strong name of Jesus, Amen.”