We are not here in Mwinika Land because we are the best people for the job. We are not here because of our talents and abilities… we are here because we are not able – and we know it! 🙂
It is when we are emptied of ourselves, barren and know we are unable … that we see HIS ability in filling us with all that He is. Then we can say with Paul: when I’m weak, then I am strong!
God wants to reveal Himself in this world through us. He will not do that when “I” am still in the centre of my life. That “I” must die… and then He can LIVE through us and be JESUS in this world!
Will we ever truly understand God’s economy? When I die, I truly live. When I’m weak, I’m strong. When I’m less, I become more… Who is last, will be first…
No, we can’t understand this because our nature strives and drives and wills for exactly the contrary! We want to survive on our own terms, but sadly, that only leads to death; death now in this life in all that we accomplish through our own efforts. It will come to nothing and will mean nothing in a hundred years. It cannot birth anything that is life or gives life, because my nature – Adam’s nature – is in its core: dead.
When I live for myself, I die.
What do you strive for? What is it that challenge you? Look up into the loving eyes of Jesus, and let Him do it through you. Your part is to be willing; To give up yourself and to let go… and let Him.