My Grace Don Do

Three times, one man kneel down dey beg God make e remove something wey dey pain am. Three times, e wait. And when di answer finally come, no be di answer wey e ask for. E better pass.

Paul still dey answer di people wey dey boast for Corinth. Dem don dey brag about dem visions and spiritual experiences, as if dat one prove say dem close to God pass. Paul don already boast, as joke, about im sufferings and how e escape inside basket. Now e turn to visions. Because e fit boast about dat ones too. But see di strange way wey e take tell am. E no even talk I. E talk, I know one man.

I know one man for Christ, Paul talk, wey fourteen years ago dem carry go up to di third heaven. Whether inside di body or outside di body, I no know. God know. Dem carry dis man go up enter paradise, and e hear things wey holy pass words, things wey dem no allow any person to talk. I go boast about dat kind man, Paul talk. But about myself I no go boast, except about my weaknesses. E clear say na imself Paul dey talk about, but e keep am far from imself. E no tell us almost anything about wetin e see. Because e no want make anybody think say e big pass wetin dem fit see am dey do and hear am dey talk.

And then e tell di other side of di story. To stop me make I no become proud because of dis great revelations, Paul talk, dem give me one thorn for my body, one messenger of Satan to dey beat me. Something wey dey hit am, again and again. E no tell us wetin e be. Maybe sickness. One pain. Something wey make am feel small and weak. Whatever e be, e dey pain am, and Paul want make e go. Because of dis thing I beg di Lord three times, make e comot from me. Three times. No be quick prayer, but begging. Please, Lord. Remove am.

And di Lord answer am. My grace don do for you: because my power dey become complete inside weakness. My grace don do for you. No be, I go remove am. But, I go dey with you inside am, and my kindness go carry you. My power dey show clear pass when you dey weak. Paul whole attitude change. So I go rather boast with joy about my weaknesses, so dat di power of Christ go rest on top me. So, e talk, because of Christ I dey content with weakness, insult, hardship, persecution and trouble. And then e talk one of di sentences wey surprise pass for di Bible. Because when I dey weak, na then I dey strong.

Di Greek word wey Paul use for thorn, skolops, fit mean one sharp splinter or thorn, and for other Greek writing e also mean stick wey get sharp head. Any way, na something wey dey pierce and e no dey comot. People don dey guess for centuries wetin Paul thorn be. For im letter to di Galatians, Paul mention say e first preach to dem because of one sickness, and say dem for give am dem own eyes if dem fit. Some people think say dat one na clue. But Paul no ever talk, and maybe na di point be dat: anybody wey get any thorn fit hear di answer of God.

My grace don do. You go find am for Second Corinthians chapter twelve, verse one to ten. One man wey see paradise, but learn im biggest lesson from one thorn. E ask God make e remove im weakness, and God promise to be strong inside am. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Which weakness or struggle you need to hear God tell you about: my grace don do?