Child of weakness

Child of weakness watch and pray, find in Me thine all in all

“But alas! How soon do i decay! O how weak, how infirm, how unable to do anything of myself! What poor inconsistent being! What miserable wretch, without the assistance of the Spirit of God. How weak do I find myself! O LORD teach me to depend less on myself to be more humble.”- Jonathan Edwards

Indeed, a Christian has to be constantly plugged into Christ. Like a fruit that falls to the ground without the support of the tree, I soon decay and am useless in this world without the strength of my Living Lord. No matter how hard I try, I find it impossible to rely on my own strength to overcome sin. I see and am still seeing my inability, seeing my wretched body of sin pulling me down dragging me away from the cross. But it is only through the sovereign and amazing grace of my Lord that will lead me to me knees in repentance, to lead me to greater sanctification and to seek and yearn for holiness.

All our promises and resolutions to God will end in denial simply because we have no power to accomplish them. When we come to the end of ourselves, not just mentally but to the point of complete realization that apart from Christ I am nothing, and totally give ourselves up, give up on relying on our own strength, for if we do, we will fall and fall again; then the Holy Spirit will take control.

Only by self denial is divine grace multiplied in one’s life

Not by might, not by power, but by the Spirit

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