Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. (John 5:19) This is what Jesus told Jews after he healed a man on the Sabbath. I'm not going to talk about the miracle that Jesus did, I want to focus on what Jesus said to them. He told them "THE SON CAN DO NOTHING BY HIMSELF". What about you? Have you acknowleged that you can't do things by yourself? Are you trying to take on all your struggles by yourself? I know I struggle with this sometimes. My personality is to not show weakness and just take on things by myself. I know that's probably because I've always thought that if I want or needed soemthing then I need to make it happen. That's easy to believe because the world totally promotes that. I'm not saying that having that type of mindset is always bad but we need to make sure we are careful when thinking like that.
Last night my pastor was talked a little bit on prayer. He asked us if we are asking God for help. Not right after things go bad but always. I truly believe that we as believers need to always do this. I've struggled throughout my walk with the Lord to always ask him for help. I was really good at asking him for help when things got bad or I needed something but usually when I felt like things were great I pretty much put God on the back burner. But God isn't something or someone that should ever be placed there. By doing that I was pretty much telling God that I don't need you right now, I'll hit you up when I need you. What an idiot! Do you realize that you need God every single moment of your life? If you think you don't then why would Jesus? Jesus was God in human form but he still made sure to ask God for help. Matt 26:39, Mark 14:36, Luke 22:42 show that Jesus asked God for help. There are so many times that Jesus would go away just to talk with the Father. So if Jesus does this, what makes you think we don't need to? If you are struggling with this season of life ask yourself this question, "Am I doing this alone, or am I letting Jesus walk me through this?"
So my prayer for us today is that we acknowledge that we can do nothing without Jesus. I pray that our minds would be changed if we struggle with this. I pray that we would trust God to help us with our current struggles/problems we are facing. I pray for strength and faith for us to let God be God.
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