NOTHING

The scriptures tell us that if any man thinks he is something when he is nothing he deceives himself. Do we really believe this estimation of the non-existence of our strength? Or do we have a preference for our own ability to get things done—just try hard enough and we can make something happen.

To be nothing means that we add no weight of character to the mix. It means that if Jesus on his way to raise up Jairus’ daughter from the dead had invited you to step on a pair of scales with him, you would add nothing to the weight registered. If Jesus weighed two hundred pounds, you and him together would weigh exactly two hundred pounds—not one ounce more!

This absolute nothingness that we are can be attributed to the greatness of the fall of man suffered in the Garden of Eden. It was there that man became totally bankrupt because it was there that we were separated from God. In and of ourselves it is not in us to bring about one plan and purpose of God. If it took only one straw to break the devil’s back, as a group we do not have the strength to lift that straw!

Jesus is truly the only way, the only truth, and the only life! He must be made manifest in our lives or all we will have is a manifest mess! Lord give us this attitude:

Here I am, send me
Though there’s really not that much I can do
What I have seems so small
But I want to give it all to you—Kieth Green