So many times I have had interactions with people on particular negative habits they exhibited and more often than none their responses has always been, 'that's just my weakness'. Therefore I attempted to learn more about weakness and thus I'm sharing with you my discoveries about weaknessess.
First, a weakness is a crack in your wall. When you don’t master a weakness, it leaves you exposed, helpless and defenceless. Those who don’t pay attention to their fallibility fall in disgrace and face dismays.
Examples of weakness include but not limited to, Lack of organization, Exaggeration,, Discontentment, Gluttony, Procrastination, Lack of time management, Lust, Excessive spending, Anger, Jealousy, Impatience, Pride. Arrogance, Talkativeness, Inability to keep secrets, Inconsistency, Hot temper, Non-challant attitudes, Sluggishness, Indecisiveness. Lying , Laziness, Fear, Not knowing how to say no, worrying, rudeness and many more.
There are 10 major things you need to know about weakness
1. Everyone Has A Weakness
2. Your Weakness Will keep you attached to the Wrong People
3. What others may not judge a weakness, you and God knows it is and your conscience confirms it so
4. The enemy will always attack you at your weakness; you will notice that most of your temptations, failures and fallings will come from your weakness.
5. Your weakness Will give opportunity for any relationship that okays It, allows it To exist and finds it tolerable.
6. Every Weakness Grows
7. Your weakness can surface at any time In your life, including at old age. Example is Solomon; he had nursed and expressed his love for foreign women all through his reign but it was in his old age that the habit caught up with him.
8. It is possible to know and identify your own weakness before others know about it
9. God will always ensure He makes you see your weakness and deal with it before it destroys you.
10. Your weakness must be destroyed, not tolerated and enjoyed occasionally
What are the dangers of not dealing with your weaknesses?
1. Your weakness does not have regard for how great you are, your success and achievements in life. No wonder some prominent men who refused to deal with their weaknesses ended up in disgrace.
2. It slows you down and hinder you from making progress.
3. Your weakness separates you from the good/right people. For example, once everyone knows you are hot tempered, some important people relevant to your destiny are naturally turned off.
4. Every success and accomplishment recorded in your life can be destroyed in a minute by your weakness. If in doubt ask David after he slept with Bersheeba.
5. Your weakness can multiply and thus bring you more problems and troubles.
The question now is how can you overcome your weaknesses?
1. Acknowledge your weakness. Don't pretend all is well with you, don't give excuse for your weakness. _Any weakness that's first acknowledged is half overcomed.
2. Confront your weakness once you discover it. Deal with it especially at it early stage of its manifestation.
3. Break it. This requires your dogged determination to obtain victory over it. Whatever it might require to break and destroy that weakness eating you up, please do.
4. Have an accountability friend/group. Have someone you can confide in, and accountable to. Two are better than one.
5. God knows about your weakness; pray and confront it with the word of God. This actually is the paramount. When you approach God with all sincerity, He will help you overcome whatever weakness you are struggling with. More importantly, _as you expose yourself to God's word and obey what His word says, every weakness loses its power and you are set free; for if the Son(Word) shall set you free, you shall be free indeed.
Robert Louis stevenson said, You cannot run from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
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