Purpose: To glorify God

This is the purpose of the Church I am attending here in Wyoming. They even have stickers for your Bible that say, “I got my purpose right” that you can get if you tell a sticker-giver that your purpose is to glorify God.

Today, the Pastor shared a few thoughts from 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. He didn’t preach on verse 5, but I read it and started pondering. “I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.” Why does Paul want to boast about his weaknesses?

Someone can boast about their weaknesses and do it in such a manner that does not glorify God. The point of boasting about our weaknesses is to point to the grace of Christ; it is to God’s glory that he has done such a great work in such rubbish like us. If, in our boasting, or bemoaning rather, we end on us, it is pride and sin. We must not steal from God’s glory by drawing attention to ourselves. Our purpose is to glorify God, even (or especially) in our shortcomings.

Delight, like Paul, in your weaknesses; they are a reminder of your need for a Savior and give God an opportunity to display his mighty power.

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