Why do we think we can do anything?

How many of us as Christians have been living our lives, our way, worshipping God our way, and not realizing how far our hearts really are from Him.

Why do we think we can do _________, you fill in the blank, on our own, instead of waiting upon and trusting in him. We are deceived.

We cannot do anything without him, at least not anything that has any lasting eternal value. I have been saved for 23 years as of last May, and in all those years, I thought I had surrendered my life to Jesus and made him Lord, but I was really trying to serve him in my own way, my own strength, my own love....how sad it is to know how futile and meaningless were my efforts.

But I give praise to God, who is the faithful and just and true God. Deut. 32:4. He has opened my eyes. No longer is it a chore to pray and read the word, it is like breathing, something I need and delight in doing.(who doesn't like breathing)

God is pouring out his spirit in these last days upon all flesh. Enter into the flow and surrender the very essence of who your are to him; lay everything down, everything, YOUR SIN(pride, vanity, jealousy, envy, bitterness, unforgiveness), YOUR DREAMS (that perfect job, that marriage you have longed for, that child you have longed for, financial security), YOUR WAYS (this is how I am, this is my calling, this is my culture, this feels comfortable)....

This is not easy, it is the way of the cross, "not my will Lord, but THINE be done".
I can see for the first time, how what I had planned pales in comparison to what He is doing. My plans look like dung compared to what He is doing now in me. And I am just getting a glimpse. I am just getting a taste of what is to come.

I can truly agree with my whole heart with what the bible says in Deut. 32:4, "He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he." This doesn't mean that everything in the natural is perfect, far from it, I have three children with special needs, financially strained, and overwhelmed with homeschooling....but those are all external things, that God can change in an instant. Internally I have peace, contentment and joy, and above all hope for the future!