2 Corinthians 11:30-31; I Lie Not

2 Corinthians 11:30-31 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

The Apostle Paul makes a solemn declaration in the Name of God that his life with God is vibrant and real. He was gloriously saved, humiliated, on the road to Damascus when Jesus met him by a bright light that blinded him. He was a persecuter of Christians. He did not believe that Jesus is the Christ. He was wrong! He had to admit it. God helped him regain his sight. He might have thought life ends with his blindness! It was not so. God gave him spiritual sight and physical sight. He was commissioned by Jesus to be a torch-bearer for the gospel. What a restimony.

God manifests himself true and real to the Apostle Paul. Through all his weakness in the course of his ministry, Christ power was with him to triumph. It was not him but the Christ in Him that he sought to declare. Therefore, he said, “I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.” He was merely God’s human instrument for righteousness. He had no power to change hearts and convert souls. It was all of his Lord. He understood this. He is not lying to make that statement if we have understood what went on in his life.

Thank God for saving men and women and using them as instruments of righteousness to win men and women into God’s kingdom. May the Lord touch the heart of those whom He healed that they may dedicate themselves for His use. Amen.