Being is More Important than Doing
Southeast Christian Church Jesus came in weakness for weak people, of which you are one and we can celebrate that fact. In fact, it can be helpful to just acknowledge of your own irrelevance, which seems counter-cultural. Now that might feel self-demeaning to describe yourself as irrelevant, but there's something incredibly freeing about that. There's a lot of pressure that comes off of you, a lot of anxiety that melts away when you begin to acknowledge your own irrelevance. Meaning that you're not necessary, but that God chooses to use you. He chooses to use you, but it's not because you've earned it, you're good enough, or anything that depends on you. It's because of his grace and his mercy. You are not what you've accomplished or what your credentials are. You are what Jesus accomplished for you on the cross.
It can difficult for us to make less of ourselves because we are preoccupied with image maintenance. We're concerned with what people think. If you want to celebrate your weakness, one way to accomplish this is to stop worrying so much what other people say about you and think about you. We hate the idea of others not perceiving us the way that we want though; perceiving us as weak, imperfect, unsuccessful, or unhappy. And yet, we see that strength and power are found in weakness. So, we celebrate our weaknesses, that it is not by our might, or our strength, or our power, or our plans, or our position, or our talents, or our resources, or our charisma, or our abilities or our facilities. It is only by the Spirit. It is by the power of God.
Reflection/Discussion Question: Do you struggle to identify your own irrelevance?
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