"I cannot do what you’ve called me to do, God. I am incapable. I can only do that which You haven’t called me to do. Of this I am capable. I know this full well! But only what You call me to do has any meaning, has any import, has any love and care that will outlast this world. So I need You today; I desperately need You! I am wholly dependent on You for every thought, for every word, for every act, for every breath, and for every beat of heart. Come, be the One who lives in and through me! Come, be my everything!”
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 2 Corinthians 3:5 (NIV)
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (RSV) |