“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.”
Luke 22: 42-43
“Who do you think you are?”
Have you ever been asked that question right after you boasted or made a bold claim to be able to do something?
The other person was, in essence, questioning your ability to achieve whatever you were claiming to be able to do. I wonder how many times God has, by His Holy Spirit,
asked that question of you and me?
Probably more times than we would be willing to admit.
You see, our pride often gets the best of us and keeps us from humbly asking for the help we need.
In the scriptures quoted above we find that even Jesus found Himself in a place of weakness. The Father is not in the business of sending His angels on (if you’ll excuse the expression) wild goose chases so I must conclude that if Jesus was strengthened by the angel God sent to Him then He must have been in need of that strength.
In other words, He was weak.
That may offend some who are accustomed to weakness being the equivalent of sin.
Weakness is not sin.
Weakness can easily lead to sin when, in our pride, we fail to admit our weaknesses and our need for strength.
Jesus was without sin and Jesus was weak.
He knew that in His weakness, His Father would give strength and so He did not succumb to that weakness but was ministered to by the angel sent from His Father.
God wants to strengthen you when you are weak.
Are you prepared to confess that weakness and call out to Him who is our strength?
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