day ten

God has never recruited the impressive. His choosing has always overturned human logic. Paul reminds the Corinthians: “Not many of you were wise… not many influential.” Yet God chose them anyway. Not despite weakness, but through it. Why? So the story would unmistakably belong to Him.

Weakness doesn’t just grow our dependence on God; it shapes the way the world encounters Him through us. When we pretend to have it all together, people see polish. When we carry our limits honestly, people see grace.

Weakness becomes a witness. It keeps us from making the gospel about self-sufficiency. It shows that God meets people not with flawless strength but with presence. That is why Paul could say, “I will boast all the more gladly in my weakness.” Because weakness wasn’t just a private trial; it was the public stage where the sufficiency of Jesus was displayed.

So the invitation isn’t to hide weakness or to idolise it, but to carry it honestly as the space where resurrection power is visible. Our cracks don’t diminish the light; they let it through.

DAILY READINGS

26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
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9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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DEEPER

The story of God has always moved through the cracks. What looks fragile in human eyes becomes the very space His presence fills. A stammer. A thorn. A hidden village girl. A trembling “yes.” Each one enough for grace to be seen.

We don’t get to excuse ourselves from Kingdom life because we feel inadequate. That very inadequacy is the space God loves to fill. He does it again and again. Moses with his stammer. Gideon in hiding. Mary in obscurity. Paul with his thorn. Each one raised the same question: Am I enough? And each time, God replied with presence. “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”

Author Aundi Kolber reminds us to slow down here. Not to rush past our limits, but to honour them as places where God meets us. In her words, “Try softer.” Not in the sense of withdrawing from courage, but in resisting the self-punishing grind. Weakness isn’t a flaw to fix, it’s a signal to notice. A whisper that says, you’re human, and I am here. God does not bypass your nervous system to form you in His image. He works through it. He doesn’t wait until you’re unafraid to call you. He equips you even as you tremble.

And the cross is the clearest picture of all. What looked like failure and humiliation became the very place where power was revealed. Jesus’ weakness, His suffering, His death. This was not God’s absence but His plan. The resurrection shouts it: weakness is never the end of the story. Even death became the doorway to life.

So if you’re feeling stretched thin, at the edge of what you can hold, that’s not a disqualification. It might be the doorway. Because this is where the power of God shows up. Not in performance, but in surrender. Not when we’ve got it all sorted, but when we say, I can’t do this without You. That moment, when we stop striving and simply open our hands, is often where the Kingdom breaks in.

This isn’t the end of your usefulness. It’s the beginning of God’s power made visible. Resurrection always begins with something laid down. As you release the old weight of performance, you make room for His life to rise in you. Steady, sufficient, more than enough.

RESPOND

Where am I tempted to cover up my weakness instead of carrying it honestly? How might letting others see my limits actually reveal more of Jesus? In what situations could my weakness become a witness — not to my sufficiency, but to His?

PRAYER

God, you see where I feel small and underprepared. Thank you that you don’t need perfection—you just want my yes. Fill my weakness with your power. Send me as I am, with your courage and peace.

Also pray now a blessing over the RSL staff, management, and patrons; ask for favour, safety and open doors for spirit-filled conversations.