A Reflection On Insufficiency

When I can’t do it on my own

The disciples are astounded when Jesus says it is difficult for the rich to inherit salvation. They wonder who, then, can be saved. But since we’re all saved the same way, through faith in Jesus, what makes it harder for the rich? A sense of self-sufficiency. It is an obstacle to God’s work in anyone’s life. In laying down this principle of salvation, Jesus is giving us a principle of any spiritual work—it must be all from God and not at all from us.

Are you in a place of insufficiency? Don’t despair. He brought you there because it is the only place where He can step in and work and be acknowledged as the power behind your victories. If you were not completely unable to meet your own needs, you would receive credit for fulfilling them. He had to bring you face-to-face with your inabilities in order to bring you face-to-face with His abilities. You are exactly where He wants you to be.

Those who heard this said, “Then who in the world can be saved?” He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”

Luke 18:26-27