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June 23, 2025 21 mins

Scripture Meditation | Lectio Divina | Strength in Weakness | 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 (NLT)

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Is there a struggle, a weakness, or a burden you’ve been asking God to take away?
But it’s still there. It feels like it’s lingering, and it’s holding you back.

You’re not alone.
The Apostle Paul felt the same way.

In this passage, Paul shares a deeply personal struggle—his “thorn in the flesh”—and how God responded not by removing it, but by offering a deeper promise:
“My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”

In this week’s meditation, we’ll slow down with 2 Corinthians 12:7–10, reflecting on what it means to find unshakable strength not in ourselves but in God.

This is the eighth episode in our series: Unshakable: Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow. Each week, we’re meditating on Scripture that anchors us in God’s truth and helps us stand firm in every season.

In this meditation on Unshakable Strength in Surrender, you’ll be invited to:
• Reflect on a place in your life where you feel weak or burdened
• Notice what God is saying to you through Paul’s words
• Consider how God might be inviting you to trust Him more
• Rest in the truth that His grace is not only enough—it is abundant

Your weakness is not the end of the story.
It’s the very place where God’s strength is most at work.

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Meditation Passage | 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 (NLT):

7 Even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud.
8 Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away.
9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”
So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
10 That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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