In Your Weakness Will You Bow?

I am weakness full of weakness
At Thy sacred feet I bow
Blest divine eternal Spirit
Fill with pow’r and fill me now

Fill Me Now 1879
By: Elwood H. Stokes (1815-1897)

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As we continue our journey through this classic hymn, ask yourself again today upon what are you truly building your hope. Let’s tune our hearts.

Weakness

Here comes another difficult admission. I am weak. This is not something most of us are inclined to acknowledge, but it is a feeling with which all of us are acquainted.

And not only weak, but full of weakness. One might say weak in many ways, or maybe even weak in every way. Ouch!

The state or condition of lacking strength is not a happy or enviable place to be. The awareness you are there, however, is the first step toward going somewhere else, and the somewhere else that God has in store for you is a much better place. You must be willing to accept and acknowledge your weakness if you are going to begin the journey.

I am weakness full of weakness 

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26 ESV

We are weak. This is one of the first things the Holy Spirit reveals to us. Thankfully when He does, we are already engaged in receiving His help. He helps us pray the very things we need the most, needs too deep for words. Thank Him for revealing your weakness to you. 

We acknowledge our weakness at the start of our journey with the Spirit, but that is only the beginning. Acknowledging our weakness must become a regular occurrence, as we learn to live in the Spirit. It is the pathway to His power. Tell Him again you are full of weakness.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and confess the painful truth of your weakness. “Spirit, I am weakness, full of weakness.” The good news is the Spirit already knows that and is ready and willing to meet you right there in your weakened state. Thank Him that admitting your weakness is not the destination but the starting point.

Bowed Down

Though weakness is something each of us is acquainted with, humility is not. Often our response to our weakness is posturing and masking so we do not have to be honest with ourselves or God, let alone the wider world. If you are willing to admit your weakness, are you ready to take things to the next level and humble yourself before God by bowing down in His presence?

Is the idea of bowing down a new one to you? Maybe you have thought of this posture as simply a figurative one, humbling your heart and mind to God. While it does begin there, it is so much more as well.

Many Christians have never experienced the release that comes from kneeling before God. Dropping to your knees is a simple position of humility that can produce profound results in our hearts. Maybe the idea is not new to you, but have you practiced it? Have you ever done it? Have you knelt down before God acknowledging your utter weakness before His incomprehensible might?

Simply be careful. Taking the posture without meaning it is more than meaningless. It is an affront to the omniscience of God. He knows your heart, so be certain your heart matches the posture.

At Thy sacred feet I bow

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:27 ESV

As we humble ourselves before Him, he prays for us according to the will of God. That surrender and submission is crucial to our embracing the work of the Spirit in our lives. He searches our hearts and prays for us. Thank Him for praying for you.

Acknowledging our weakness positions us humbly before the Spirit. It allows us to bow down before His Holy Presence and prepares us to receive His power by confessing we have none. Tell the Spirit you will bow down before Him today and every day.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and determine if you are ready to kneel in the presence of the One who knows your weakness and loves you still. Ask the Spirit to search your heart even now and help you embrace this posture of humility. Then when you are ready, kneel and pray, “Spirit, I bow before Your sacred presence.”

Spirit, thank You for revealing to me that I am full of weakness and enabling me to confess that. In my weakness, teach me to kneel in Your presence and prepare myself to receive your power. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Humble Tuning!

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Video 29.3 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

I am weakness full of weakness
At Thy sacred feet I bow
Blest divine eternal Spirit
Fill with pow’r and fill me now

We acknowledge our weakness at the start of our journey with the Spirit, but that is only the beginning. Acknowledging our weakness must become a regular occurrence as we learn to live in the Spirit. It is the pathway to His power. Tell Him again you are full of weakness.

Spirit, I am full of weakness.

Acknowledging our weakness positions us humbly before the Spirit. It allows us to bow down before His Holy Presence and prepares us to receive His power by confessing we have none. Tell the Spirit you will bow down before Him today and every day.

Spirit, I bow before Your sacred presence.

The Spirit is also eternal, divine and blest. He always was and always will be. He is God, plain and simple. He is also holy, without fault or blemish. These characteristics put Him in a position to bless us. Declare to the Spirit you believe His is eternal, divine and blest.

Spirit, I believe You are eternal, divine and blest.

He empowers us to reflect God with our lives and deflect glory to Him. This is miraculous when you consider we start out full of weakness and is another expression of His incredible work in us. Only with His power could that work occur. Ask for that filling again today.

Spirit, fill me with Your power.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time,
Be Resonant.

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