Heavenly Father,
For many years I thought there was something in me that was capable of accomplishing the work that only You can do. I believed that all I needed to do was discover certain formulas, follow successful role models and develop the right methods to produce the results You wanted from me. Now I know how vain and arrogant that was. There is nothing I can do, contrive, improvise or achieve in my own strength. I can imitate and pretend some things but I am only deceiving myself. Now I am absolutely and indisputably dependent on You for everything. Your strength is made perfect in my weakness. I am powerless and incapable of doing anything without You. I thank You for the privilege and freedom You have given me to walk with You and abide in Christ.
John 15:4-5
“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
2 Corinthians 12:7-9
“To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”