Sometimes our Greatest Strength can be our Greatest Weakness

Sometimes our Greatest Strength can be our Greatest Weakness

   Just like Mary of Bethany. Her compassionate heart found her at the feet of Jesus when her sister Martha was to busy. Her tender heart found herself washing the feet of her Savior with perfume and her hair. But that same heart also hit it's max when her brother Lazarus dies. She is done, she can’t even pull herself together to go and meet Jesus when she hears He is there. 

John 11:20 “When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home."

Mary's powerful emotional capacity was both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. -Rebecca Faires

     I know this all to well. My big brilliant mouth, can bring people to Jesus and kiss my sweet babies. But that same mouth can get me into a whole lotta trouble. We need to be cautious that although we may find one area as a major strength for us, that same exact strength can sometimes take it to far (to the max), and we find ourselves with the opposite results of what we were hoping for. 

     This is just another area that we need to submit to the Lord and pray for his guidance, and in my case FILTER. :) The Lord WILL help you to better notice when this strength that He has blessed you with could potentially become a hinderance or problem. Lets not let things go to far. Lets stop and evaluate, pray for God to reveal to you where maybe this is occurring. And lets change it before we hit our MAX. 

Romans 8:28 "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” NLT

     So as you can see in Romans 8:28. He WILL cause EVERYTHING to work together for the good, when we fully submit it to Him. Even my mouth that can sometimes be unfiltered or just not connected to my brain in moments, He CAN and WILL use for the good. 

     Now this is just my scenario. All of ours look different. But they all point back in the same direction. We need to allow God to work through our weaknesses, and submit it all to Him. He has gifted us all with strengths, and trust me it was not by mistake. We just need to pray for God to keep us aware of when that same strength, could also become a weakness.