Less Me; More Him

The world is a needy place; do not go there for sustenance. Instead, come to Me. Learn to depend on Me alone, and your weakness will become saturated with My Power. ~ Jesus Calling by Sarah Young March 9

This is fitting right into my theme of "Less is More".  I am so thankful for my devotional. It seems to always hit me between the eyes. Which is most of the time where I need it so He can get my attention!  
Weakness = Strength
Less of my own strength = More of His
Less doing it by myself = More of letting Him
Less hanging on to control = More of knowing Who is in control

"Satan’s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn’t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,

My grace is enough; it’s all you need.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.

Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness...And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become."  The Message 2 Cor 12:9

It is so much easier too. Why as a mere human do I think I can control anything? Why do I think I have to?  

What is it? A pride thing..."Hey, everything is ok over here." Ignorance? "I didn't know this thing about getting on my knees."  

My dad used to sing the song, "Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble, when I'm perfect in every way." I can't tell you exactly why he sang that...it had a great tune... Could it be that this is part of the problem...deep down I want to be perfect...I want everything to run smooth? Maybe it's inerrant (def: incapable of being wrong) in all of us...or maybe it's just me?

Humility is not exactly promoted in this world. Even possibly frowned upon.  Hey, it might even show our weakness!?  Ho-ho!  Exactly where Satan wants us.  Satan knows the scripture..."The Lord hates pride." Prov 6:17 It's easy pickens' for the Father of Lies.

Combat pride with humbleness.  
Humble yourself before the Lord and He will lift you up!  James 4:10
He will. He does and it is good!  Trust me on this one.  
Try it. Get on your knees. Lay your head on the floor and just start talking to Him. 

Less is More

Less Me; More Him

Amy