April 4, 2025 – Dire Straits & Divine Strength 2 Corinthians 12:9 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Scripture Reading: Psalm 64 David seems to be doing three things in Psalm 64. He’s expressing the direness of his situation. He’s affirming his confidence in God as his divine protector. And, as a result, he ends the psalm worshiping. Paul writes of something similar in 2 Corinthians 12 when he says that he pleaded with the Lord three times for the thorn in his flesh to be taken away. God’s response was “ My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness .” Paul basically worships in response when he says, “ I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me .” The songs we’ll be singing together on Sunday also reflect the themes of our insufficiency and God’s sufficiency, our weakness and God’s strength, our sinfulness and God’s lavish love pour...