I heard this statement first from a very inspiring man
(A.F.), and it seemed to be like a word I have been waiting for. Can you relate to the statement “work on your weaknesses!”? For me, there have been several
areas that are weaknesses, and working on them has been quite difficult.
For instance, though I love teaching, my first assignment in
the Children’s church was to teach 3 year olds. At that age, all these children
want are songs and games, which was my weakness. Not only did I not know how to
sing, I did not know the songs the children liked. After struggling with this
weakness for a long while, the only way I could move forward was to have an
assistant who knew the songs the children liked, and could sing them.
We see various cases where we need to partner with our
weaknesses. Why? Because we cannot do it all by ourselves. God has blessed each
and every one of us with qualities that make us unique and different. Someone
else can effortlessly do something that is your weakness. For instance, while
growing up in a home of 6 girls, we had the ones that could cook a meal in 30
minutes, the ones that could clean the house in 5 minutes, the ones who loved
going to market (and get gain from the change), and the ones who loved to wash
the car. The only way we could effectively get the house in order was to focus
on our strengths individually, and collectively the jobs got done. All my
mother wanted to know at the end of the day was if there was food in the house,
if the house was clean and if her car was okay for a trip. The "who" was
inconsequential (unless it was not done properly).
Of course, in choosing a partner, the “Partner with your
weakness” cannot be more relevant. People are first of all drawn to each other
by their similarities. But always look for those areas where the both of you
are different, and see if you complement each other in weaknesses. Differences are not always bad. It really
matters on the long run, and it helps to give you and your children a broader
perspective to life.
That being said, let me go and meet with my team where we
have all decided to partner with our weaknesses in order to collectively meet
our objectives for the year. One cannot underestimate the value of teamwork.
Have a blessed week ahead!
Related Bible Verses
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for
their work: if one falls down, his friend can help him up [Ecclesiastes 4:9 NIV]
As it is, there are many parts, but one body. The eye cannot
say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the
feet, "I don't need you!" On the contrary, those parts of the body
that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less
honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are
treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special
treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater
honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the
body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other [1
Corinthians 12: 20-25 NIV].
