Being Nothing to Become Something. Luther said, “Until
a man is nothing, God can be nothing for him.” John the Baptist said it
was better for himself to decrease that Jesus might increase. Isn’t it
about time we were all less that God might be more? Think about it.
I recently met a very charismatic Christian leader at a conference.
I would have never ever guessed that not long before I met him he was almost
killed bodysurfing in Hawaii. A huge wave sent him straight into the sand
below and broke his neck. It was a miracle that he didn’t drown, and almost
as miraculous that he had almost completely recovered within 6 months or
so. In a book he wrote about his accident and recovery, he described those
first painful weeks where he could do nothing (literally) for himself.
His whole story is very moving, but especially his recounting of how he
began each day once he had progressed to the point of being able to sit
up in bed by himself by asking, —“Lord, what are we going to do together
today?” Now that is a question that we would all do well to ask each day.
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