In this lesson, we learn about The Ministry of Thorns. Often as it is in our nature, is the inability to comprehend the way that God will work through us and with us and in us. Yet, it thrills God to bring power out of weakness. Great spiritual power, yet the presence of the nagging thorn. Great faith, yet weak faith. So it is with thorns that come our way. They have the prospect of shaping us. Thorns are invitations to courage. Until the presence of a thorn marks my life, I am just a shell of what God desires to do. No man will arrive in heaven without some scars that life places upon him. The thorn is not to destroy me, it is to equip and empower us.