And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Cor. 12:9.
The words of Paul are a comfort to every Christian warrior, and in every stage and degree of demonstration, his experience, patience, and wisdom, is an inspiration to all those who seek the Law of Life. He sets us an example of fortitude, perseverance, and unwavering trust. Through all his afflictions and persecutions he saw nothing but the finger of God pointing to a glorified existence in the revelation of the real.
He relates his troubles in a meek and humble spirit, and counts them all as benefits, blessings, guides, through which spiritual facts are made discernible. He declares, "Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep." In perils often in his own country, by the heathen, in the city, in the wilderness, in the sea, among false brethren; in weariness, in painfulness, watching, hunger, and thirst, cold and nakedness
