Monday
2 Corinthians 12:6
Paul had plenty to boast about and would be no fool in doing it, because he would be telling the truth. But he wouldn’t do it. He didn’t want anyone to think more highly of him than what they could actually see in his life and his message…
Tuesday
2 Corinthians 12:7
...even though he had received wonderful revelations from You, God. But to keep him from getting puffed up, he was given a thorn in his flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment him and keep him from getting proud.
Wednesday
2 Corinthians 12:8
Three different times Paul begged You, Lord, to take it away.
Thursday
2 Corinthians 12:9
Each time You said, “My gracious favor is all you need. My power works best in your weakness.” So then he was glad to boast about his weaknesses, so that the power of You, Christ, might work through him.
Friday
2 Corinthians 12:10
Since he knew it was all for Your good, Father, Paul was quite content with his weaknesses and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when he was weak, then he was strong. When I am weak, then I am strong.
Zingers from Croft M. Pentz, Tyndale House Publishers
3721. It is doubtful if any person really enjoys reaching threescore and ten if he has never learned to keep score by God’s rules.
3722. A person is old only when he shuts his mind and stops learning.
3723. Middle age--too many nights around the table.
3724. Age doesn’t matter unless you are cheese.
3725. Forty is the old age of youth--fifty is the youth of old age.
