Our Finest Hour!
"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in
distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I
am weak, then I am strong."
2 Corinthians 12: 10
In the 1995 film that dramatized the story of
a near disaster during
the Apollo 13 mission, a
member of NASA’s team said to Gene Kranz,
mission commander, “This could be the worst
disaster NASA’s ever faced.” And Kranz replied,
“With all due respect, sir, I believe this is going
to be our finest hour.” And it was.
We tend to think of victories as life’s finest hours.
The opposite is often true. Trials and tribulations
call for faith, perseverance, prayer, and creativity
in ways that victory never will.
Thankfully, the Church won't be
on earth during
seven years of the Tribulation to come. But that
doesn’t mean there won’t be muchd persecution
and a need for perseverance leading up to that
hour.
In any kind of tribulation we experience, a
Christian can have his finest hour by God’s
grace. The apostle Paul took pleasure in his
persecutions for Christ’s sake, knowing that
when he was weakest was when God’s
grace was strongest.
If you are experiencing trouble,
ask God for the grace to make
it your finest hour.
"The weakness of man
sets the stage for the
display of God’s
strength."
Janet Wise