Bible scholars disagree as to what Paul\u2019s \u2018thorn\u2019 was. Some think it may have been poor eyesight, others a speech impediment, and others a physical challenge. Why doesn\u2019t the Bible tell us? Well, if his problem was poor eyesight, then we would say, \u2018That doesn\u2019t help me because I have 20\/20 vision.\u2019 If it was a speech impediment, those with the gift of communication wouldn\u2019t find comfort in his words. If it was a physical challenge, those with good health would think they\u2019re exempt. The reason the Bible doesn\u2019t tell us may be this: no matter what<\/i> your particular struggle or affliction is, the same God who gave Paul victory over his thorn will give you victory too. <\/p>\n
Who\u2019s the person in your life you would describe as \u2018a thorn in your side\u2019? What\u2019s the \u2018thorny\u2019 situation at work you face day after day? You can have a \u2018thorny\u2019 relationship with someone that requires extra grace, love, and prayer. That\u2019s why Peter writes, \u2018Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord.\u2019<\/i> (2 Peter 3:18 KJV) Each of our thorns is different because God customises them to our need. Why? So that we will \u2018grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord.\u2019<\/i> God is more interested in our character than He is in our comfort, so when we pray for lighter burdens, He gives us stronger backs. <\/p>\n
The songwriter said: \u2018He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater, He giveth more strength when the labours increase; To added affliction He addeth His mercy, To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bible scholars disagree as to what Paul\u2019s \u2018thorn\u2019 was. Some think it may have been poor eyesight, others a speech impediment, and others a physical challenge. Why doesn\u2019t the Bible tell us? Well, if his problem was poor eyesight, then we would say, \u2018That doesn\u2019t help me because I have 20\/20 vision.\u2019 If it was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}