...or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:7-10 NIV)
Conceited means to be prideful and arrogant. We all have difficulties and struggles and things we might not like about our lives however those are the things that keep us relying on God. We should embrace them instead because in our weakness He is strong.
A better solution than to remove the thorn (the things we don't like) is to rely on His grace that is sufficient for us.
For Christ sake, lets delight in these things because in them Christ's power is made evident in my life and I can give Him the glory!!
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