Perfect In Weakness - 2Corinthians 12:7-10

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 ESV 

So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave 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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Since we remain in the flesh after the revelation of God in our lives, we are still weak. That is where grace works.  It is when we truly realize our weakness that we reach out to God.  We are prone to pride and conceit as we experience life in the wonder of our flesh.  Once we are able to see beyond our own strength and see the power of God and reach out for that power, we experience the perfection of God's plan. 

This is the boast of Paul.  The power of Christ rests upon him because of his understanding of his own lack of power. That becomes his power and life. 

There we see the perfect plan of God.