{"id":3882,"date":"2025-05-07T07:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2025-05-04T22:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:45:37","slug":"when-weakness-becomes-a-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/when-weakness-becomes-a-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"When Weakness Becomes a Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Wednesday, May 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When Weakness Becomes a Weapon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. <strong>Judges 3:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Judges 3, we find Israel under the oppressive rule of Eglon, king of Moab. In desperation, they cried out to God for help\u2014and He answered. But His choice of deliverer was surprising: Ehud, a seemingly insignificant man in the eyes of his people. Yet, God used him in an extraordinary way.<\/p>\n<p>Ehud was left-handed, and that detail isn\u2019t just trivia\u2014it was central to the plan. In those times, being left-handed was rare and often seen as a weakness or disadvantage. Most soldiers were right-handed and wore their swords on their left side. So, when Ehud approached the king with a \u201csecret message,\u201d the guards only checked his left side, assuming he was right-handed. His sword, hidden on the opposite side, went unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>That \u201csecret message\u201d Ehud delivered was not words\u2014but a swift and deadly strike to Eglon\u2019s belly, ending the reign of oppression. God used what others saw as a limitation to create an opening for deliverance.<\/p>\n<p>This story reminds us that God can use what the world considers weaknesses\u2014disabilities, disadvantages, or disqualifications\u2014for His glory. Ehud\u2019s left-handedness was not a liability, but the very thing God used to gain the upper hand.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you feel like Ehud\u2014overlooked, underestimated, or undervalued. Perhaps your beginning in life wasn\u2019t ideal. You might have been called an \u201caccident,\u201d neglected, or never nurtured as God intended. Even now, you may feel weighed down by discouragement or defeat. But hear this: God sees you. God knows you. And God can still use you. What others see as a flaw, God can turn into a feature of your calling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>: <em>Dear Lord, thank You for seeing the best in me when all I can see is nothing. Help me to see me, the way that You see me so that I an encouraged on this journey. Holy Spirit guide me in the path that I should take. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name. Amen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, May 7 When Weakness Becomes a Weapon But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. Judges 3:7 In Judges 3, we find Israel under the oppressive rule of Eglon, king of Moab. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3888,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882\/revisions\/3888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}