Tag: Boasting in my weakness

2 Corinthians 11:30 - 12:1

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me, but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.

I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Tag:  Boasting in my weakness

Imagine placing one your resume the every time you failed and needed help from others to make it through your day.  What would be the impact of that on your job interview?   In essence, this is what Paul is saying in the above text.  Paul was being challenged by some in the church that he was weak and unqualified to have the "power" he had in the church.  He had written to the Church at Corinth earlier instructing them to warn those who are living in sin in the church.  Some objected and called him weak as compared to them.  Paul wanted to let them know that their boasting was foolish.  He stated "if" he wanted to act like a fool, he too could boast.  But, before he starts to boast about the spiritual blessings God gave him, he would boast in the things that showed his "weaknesses."  He tells an obscure story of being in a city to preach and having to escape via a basket over the city wall that let him out of the city safely.   How humiliating for a man of God.  A man who believed in the power of God.  But, it did show his humility and how he depended upon God. In God, his weakness, was made strong.   We need to boast in our weakness because that is when we trust completely in Christ.