In today's devotional, we're going to look at how God transforms us as we allow him to meet us at our place of weakness.

You were never created to be self-sufficient, to have no need of relationship with God.

Contrary to what the world tells us every day, weakness can actually to have no need of relationship with God.

Contrary to what the world tells us every day,

weakness can actually be a tremendous source of strength when we allow God to meet us powerfully in humility.

May God replace pressure and pride

with peace and humility today as we meet with him right now. Welcome to the

first of teen podcast. Our verse for today comes from 2 Corinthians 12 verse 9, where Scripture says,

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

The ways of God are radically different than what we experience in the world.

The world tells us that only the strong survive. The world values those who can take care of

themselves. We're taught to look to our own strength as our source. We're taught never to let

others see our weakness. But God values those who acknowledge their weakness and humility. His

heart is for the destitute, the needy, and the lost. Jesus spent his valuable, limited time with the prostitutes,

tax collectors, lepers, and sinners. And as a result, we who can never be perfect, who even at our

best, still can't cut it, have renewed hope.

In 2 Corinthians 129, Paul writes,

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 of my weaknesses so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

True growth and transformation aren't the result of working in our own strength.

We can't change ourselves no matter how hard we try.

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