A prayer to God for when you feel weak

I hate weakness. I don't like feeling inadequate or unable. I don't like being dependent on others. I don't like not knowing what's going to happen. I don't like feeling helpless in the face of a test. I don't like feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. I don't like it when I'm physically weak, emotionally weak, mentally weak, or spiritually weak. Did I mention I don't like being weak? But ironically, God's word looks at my weakness differently. It is part of the prerequisite for coming unto Christ. Jesus said in Luke 5: 31-32: “Those who are well do not need a doctor, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repent ”. Our weakness cannot compete with Christ. It is not an obstacle that must be overcome. He does not look at us and complains that he has not been given the cream of the crop. Rather, he laughs at the weakness and says "Look what I can do about it." If the reality of your weakness is making fun of you today, go to God in prayer. Plead with the Lord about it and rest in his power made perfect in weakness.

This prayer is for you and me: Dear father, I come to you today feeling so weak and helpless. There are so many things on my plate, so many worries, so many uncertainties, so many things that I just can't do. Whenever I think about what lies ahead, I feel overwhelmed. When I consider carrying this burden for days on end, I feel like I could drown. Everything seems impossible. You said to come to you with my burdens. The Bible says that you are our "Rock" and our "Stronghold". You are all aware and omnipotent. You know the burdens I carry. You are not surprised by them. In fact, you let them into my life. Maybe I don't know the purpose for them, but I know I can trust your goodness. You are always faithful to doing what's best for me. You care more about my holiness, even above my immediate happiness. I ask you to take off this burden, to take away my weakness, but in the end, I want above all that your will be done. I confess that I hate this weakness in me. I don't like not knowing what to do. I don't like being incapable and insufficient. Forgive me if I want to be sufficient in myself. Forgive me if I want to be in control. Forgive me if I complain and murmur. Forgive me if I doubt your love for me. And forgive me for not being willing to trust me and rely on you and your grace. When I look to the future and see my weakness, help me trust you. May I, like Paul, embrace my weakness so that you can be my strength. May you work on my weakness to change me. May I glorify you in my weakness by looking away from myself and the wonders of your extraordinary love through Christ. Grant me the joy of the gospel, even in the midst of this struggle. It is because of Jesus and through Jesus that I can pray, Amen.