Without Him, I Am Nothing

Do you know that we can take absolutely no credit for what our Father has done for us? Throughout our 6000 year history God has proven time and again that mankind is a total failure in and of himself.

Adam and Eve proved to us that man could not live righteously in his perfect state. After the fall it was proven that man could not live by conscience apart from God. After the flood man is given the opportunity to govern his own affairs. History tells us that man is utterly incapable of governing himself. 

Since man had absolutely no clue about how to live righteously and holy before God He gave Moses the law. "OK folks, this is how you do it." The law was our school master. Of course man is completely incapable of keeping the law. 

When Jesus, God manifested in the flesh came, he came virtually unnoticed. Man did not even recognize God when He came unto his own. Even His disciples barely had a clue. When Jesus was taken and crucified, his disciples fled. John was the only one at the cross and Peter denied him. But praise God after His resurrection He gave us new life through our opportunity to be born from above and filled with His Holy Spirit.
 
But guess what? Revelation 2 and 3 tells us that with all that God has given us we are still completely incapable of living perfectly. Not one of us have a leg to stand on when we boast about how much we read the Bible or how much we pray or fast or witness or anything. We can't even take credit for having faith because it was the faith of Jesus that saved us. It was His faith that took him to the cross. It was his faith that brought him out of the grave, it was his faith that brought us the Holy Ghost. 

How much does God love us? When we are completely incapable of even having Him on our minds apart from Him drawing us, we can take no credit, not even for the very breath we take. He has made the faith of Jesus available to us. Why do we not receive it? He has given us the power of His resurrection. Why do we not take it? We have been given the grace to share in his sufferings. Why do we not accept it? We all have to come to the conclusion that we need God in every part of our lives. I cannot survive a day without my God and his Holy Ghost dwelling inside of me. Without him I am nothing. I take no glory or credit for anything in my life. It is by His power, his life, his faith that I live. Praise God for His love! Oh how He loves us!

Donald J. Schmoll