Vulnerability, weakness allows God’s power to be shown. We read of Paul speaking about his weakness, and he calls it a thorn in his flesh. He seeks out God to remove it, so he could be more effective, he thought. But what God told him is in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 - But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." and then Paul concluded this - Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 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.(NIV)’ Now what that tells me, is our weaknesses are the direct pipline we need to seek God out. It stops us, if we do not let pride grip us, from getting too caught up in our self-sufficiency. We are vulnerable, when it comes to our weaknesses, and feel naked. What really happens is our true authentic self is shown. Not our over pressed correct image we put out, rather the truth of us is seen. Wow! What a gift, we have to offer if we just stop to offer our truth, and not our lie to people. We will feel no need to hide, lie, run, or work to impress anyone, any more, and get one thing we all crave – influence. Then we would see, the sure way of connecting to another, influence anyone is by being vulnerable. Everyone who is a guru and uses their words, use their vulnerability, weakness to reach, connect to millions. The number one person who realized this, whether my default or by design, is Oprah Winfrey. She made herself vulnerable, she told her story, and as the layers of the onion skin were peel back a large portion of this country has followed her, and fallen in love with her. She has made billions, not her intent, her intent was to connect through her experiences of struggle we all share. You may say, she still have more secrets, and as true as that it is. She understood in the basic terms, the direct link to people is not there stomach, but through shared struggles. This is where the heavy lifting begins, and we all will share, if you share.
It allows an intimacy between people that makes one raw, and sensitive to the touch; when we are all like that we are more at ease with the nakedness. Now, we do not do it because we are too busy trying to compare our life to another, whether it is the negative experiences, or the fabulous experiences. We have yet to realize it incites hate, those people become our haters, and ultimately result in us wearing mask because I cannot be seen as weak. Yet, this whole cornucopia of madness is man-made, and man-perpetuated; thus we can stop it…wow thats a thought! I have discovered, the solution to all problems lies in the problems.... Because we are told clearly in the bible how we should speak of others, Ephesians 4:29 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.(NIV)”- See, if we did this, and remember this is the real reason Christ came John 3:17 - For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (NIV). Being real with self and others, would not be such an ordeal, or a dilemma. The true is we see others through the perspective of how we treat others in this life; thus, another news flash ‘be change, you wish to see’…Vulnerability, weakness does equal God’s power. It is repeatedly shown over, and over in the bible and in life, most, no I will say, all of the great individuals of our past and present of unmatched influence that galvanize in a way that had never been done, and we draw encourage from, have allow their weakness, vulnerability to propel them into a place of prominent influence…it is not an accident, it is an outcome of intentional determination…The choice is personal.
