Drooping hands and weak knees or Faith Alive?

WORD 2day: Wednesday, 4th week in Ordinary time 

February 3, 2021: Hebrew 12:4-7,11-15; Mark 6:1-6

God is all powerful except before our free will... it is not that God is incapable but God has chosen to implant that freedom which is God's own image and likeness within us. At times we may feel we are afflicted but we are not without the means to withstand them. We have within us the necessary strength to stand up to these. At no time are we faced with a trial that is more than our capacity. That is the promise of the Word. God doesn't allow us to be tested beyond our capacity, says St. Paul (1 Cor 10:13).

However, there is one thing that can drive us to despair... the drooping hands and weak knees. 

Drooping hands symbolise my lack of faith in the capacity God has placed within me. It is giving up, giving up too easily on efforts towards perfection. It is said, a mistake after the second time is a decision! In our journey towards growth and perfection, what counts is not how fast we make a choice for good, but how steadfast we are to that choice and how enduring our choice remains.

Weak knees symbolise lack of dependence on God. When things go wrong, and life seems out of hand for all practical reasons, we tend to give up mainly because we think we are at things all by ourselves. At moments of crisis we find ourselves helpless, because we do not perceive the Lord who is so close to us  and so concerned about us - just like those who were not able to see Christ, in Jesus!

Finally the question is, what do you choose: drooping hands and weak knees or a Faith alive?