Through The Bible in a Year - February 4, 2026

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9

Joni Eareckson Tada said, “I hope I can take my wheelchair to heaven with me. I know that’s not biblically correct—we’ll be made whole. But if I could, I’d turn to Jesus and say, ‘Lord, do you see that wheelchair? You were right when you said this world would be full of trouble. That wheelchair has been trouble to me. But Jesus, the weaker I was in that thing, the harder I leaned on You, and the harder I leaned on You, the stronger I discovered You to be. So thank You for what You did in my life through that wheelchair. Now if You want to send it to hell, You can.’”

A lot of us have our wheelchairs too—the faults in our families, the faults in us, the flaws that are so real. We are more like Abraham, the terribly flawed Father of our Faith, than we ever want to admit.

But for such people, there is a covenant-keeping God who says, “I will be there for you. Lean on me. Put your faith in Me, and My righteousness is substituted for your unrighteousness. I will make you right.”

And when we live this out in our families—when our children see us leaning on Jesus in our weakness—they learn where real strength and hope comes from. Not from our perfections, but from His grace.

From Joni’s wheelchair came ministry to hundreds of thousands. From flawed families – like Abraham’s – who lean on their Savior come children and new families and nations that flourish in the knowledge of Christ’s strength and care.

Respond: What’s your “wheelchair”—the weakness or flaw you wish you could get rid of? Instead of resenting it, can you thank God for how it’s made you lean harder on Him? How might God use your weakness to display His strength?

Prayer: Jesus, thank You for my wheelchair—whatever weakness or flaw You’ve allowed in my life. The weaker I am in this thing, the harder I need to lean on You. And the harder I lean on You, the stronger I discover You to be. Use my weakness to display Your strength and point others to You. In Your name, amen.