“The Perfection of Weakness”
2 Corinthians 12:4-9; Nehemiah 4:1-3
By: Pastor
June 17, 2018 – SN
In verse 2 of Nehemiah 4 it reminds us of the devil who always reminds us who we are. He never lets us get by a day without telling us who we are and where we have been and what we have done.
- There is always a reminder of us as workman – v. 2
The devil reminds us of our weakness in the work.
The enemy delights in putting us down.
He wants to destroy the excitement of what God wants to do in our lives.
If we are not careful we will get discouraged by our weakness.
- There is always a reminder of the wall – v. 2
The devil reminds us of the task that is before us that is impossible to get done.
If what we are doing for God is not overwhelming, we are not doing much.
Nothing stops the devil from criticizing us.
Ridicule is always the instrument the enemy uses.
If we start thinking in the flesh we will see the impossibility of the task.
The devil will get our focus off God and on us and the task becomes impossible.
In the flesh it is impossible to have the walk we need to have with God.
The devil is cruel in his ridicule.
The enemy is not scared of God.
- There is always a reminder of our worship – v. 2
The devil wants to question whether we will get it done and be able to worship again.
The devil wants to discourage us so we will not worship the Lord.
There is no victory without a battle.
The devil’s buffeting is good for us because it keeps us humble and it keeps us from lifting ourselves up in pride.
The devil will say “will they ever be able to dedicate the walls?”
The devil tries to ruin our ambitions for God.
- There is the reminder that it is impossible for us to do what God wants to do in our life.
The devil says “Can they get it done in a day?”
God takes the weakness of others to do great things for Him.
God can do with us what we think cannot be done.
God uses nobodies to accomplish the impossible.
God uses those the world makes fun of and their weaknesses.
- There is the reminder of the rubble we have to work with.
The walls have been burned; will we build with the rubbish?
The devil says to us “Are we going to do this for God with all this rubble in our life?”
God will take care of us and has provided for all that we need in advance.
We should do our best, but we cannot do it on our won, we must have God’s help.
We are not match to build the wall.
We are not smart enough to build the wall, but we can with God’s help
- There is the reminder that it was God that did that – 6:15-16
God had to be the one that got it done.
The enemy got enamored about running their mouth and ridiculing that they forgot to fight.
While they ran their mouth the wall was being built.
God wants His strength manifested through our weakness.
The Lord is the one that gets the job done, not us.
God shows His strength when we are reminded of our weaknesses.
The job can be completed with God’s help.
Our life’s work is wrought by God.