Hebrews 11:34 reads, “Their weakness was turned to strength. They became strong in battle.”
The word “metamorphosis” means to be changed from one form into another. In Hebrews chapter 11, we find famous people such as Moses and David. Did they have weaknesses? Yes. Did they sometimes struggle? Absolutely. But: “Their weakness was turned to strength. They became strong in battle.”
Picture a caterpillar morphing into a butterfly. It starts out slow and slimy, and takes hours to crawl two or three feet. When it undergoes the process of metamorphosis, however, it becomes a beautiful butterfly that can fly long distances simply by riding the air currents. The butterfly’s wings developed as a result of struggling in the cocoon until it broke free. No fight, no flight!
Getting the idea? Are you struggling with something today? Are you in a spiritual battle? It’s your struggles that develop your strength, and your battles that bring your victories. Satan doesn’t want you to know that. He hopes the battles you are in will destroy you instead of develop you, so he keeps pouring on the pressure.
When Paul’s life became so hard that he thought he couldn’t stand another day of it, God told him, “My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). How did Paul respond?
He writes: “It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take my limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size – abuse, accidents, oppositions, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
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