2 Corinthians 12:8-9; My Grace is Sufficient for Thee
2 Corinthians 12:8-9 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Our Lord Jesus says to the Apostle Paul, “I know you are suffering but you are going to make it.” His care upon His beloved servant, will see him through life and its afflictions. God’s sufficient grace is explained well by the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 26:3-4 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength. As such, the Apostle Paul testified in Romans 7:25 “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God…”
There were the high victories of heavenly visions given to him and there was also the pain of the cross that he had to bear. The yoke of pain was not lifted but relieve was granted just so that God’s servant was able to bear it. And so the Apostle Paul testified in 1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.