Quote: Weakling - Stephen Kaung

  Do we really understand what environment is? Oftentimes we blame the environment and claim that it makes a person what he is; yet let us see that only a weakling is made by his environment—whereas a strong person controls or makes use of his environment. Joseph had been taken out of the environment of his father’s love and put into another environment which was so mean, so base, and so low. He had become a slave in another person’s house—a very difficult environment, indeed. Whereas a weakling would have been crushed by such a circumstance, Joseph, instead of being crushed, rose above his environment and ruled over it. —Stephen Kaung 

Geoffrey's note:

I probably need to explain something about this quote in case it sounds odd or off. When I first heard this, it caught my attention because of the word "weakling," which was a little shocking to hear though good use of it. The teaching of this man-of-God is the same as Paul the apostle "when I am weak, then I am strong," so it is actually good, in a sense, to be weak. This quote is in the context of being with the Lord, with "the strength of His might." When you read "weakling," remember that it means you without the Lord instead of you relying on the Lord. With the Lord, your circumstances do not crush you, but you rule over them like Joseph.