A planned weakness

A planned weakness

Bible: Isaiah 22:8-11

You did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who
planned it long ago (V.11).

Reading

There’s a natural spring that rises on the east side of the city of Jerusalem. In ancient times it was the city’s only water supply and was placed outside the walls. So it was the point of Jerusalem’s greatest weakness. The spring meant that the city, otherwise impossible to invade or destroy, could be forced to surrender if an attacker were to stop the water supply from the spring. King Hezekiah sorted this weakness by driving a tunnel through 1,750 feet of solid rock from the spring into the city where it flowed into the “Lower Pool” (SEE 2 KINGS 20:20; 2 CHRONICLES 32:2-4). But in all of this, Hezekiah “did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago” (ISAIAH 22:11). Planned what? God Himself “planned” the city of Jerusalem in such a way that its water supply was unprotected. The spring outside the wall was a constant reminder that the people of the city must rely completely on Him for their safety and
provision. Could it be that our weaknesses exist for our good? The apostle Paul said that he would “boast” in his limitations, because it was through weakness that the strength and power of Jesus was most clearly seen in him (2 CORINTHIANS 12:9-10). Could you start to see each weakness you have as an opportunity to trust God as your strength?

I WILL BOAST ALL THE MORE GLADLY ABOUT MY
WEAKNESSES, SO THAT CHRIST’S POWER MAY REST
ON ME. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9

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