Dependent on Him

Today is December 29, 2011, which means that in a mere 2 days, we will officially enter 2012!  For me, the new year is full of excitement, expectation, and uncertainty.  Excitement about what the Lord promises to do, expectation about what the Lord is planning to do, and uncertainty about what the Lord will do.  

With each passing year, I come to realize my own insufficiency a little bit more.  When I was a kid, I thought I could do anything and I had no fear of failure.  Yet as life has become increasingly more complex, I have realized slowly but surely that I am wholly dependent on a wholly independent Creator.

This morning, I have been reassured by 2 Corinthians 12:9:

"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."

On my own, I am weak.  On my own, I fail.  Try as I might to stay in control, I cannot.  Yet it is my weakness, and my admittance of weakness, that allows my Creator's power to be made perfect.  He alone is all-powerful, and He alone is in control.  As we enter a new year, let us rest in Him, confident in His ability to be strong on our behalf.  Let us praise His holy name!

"Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name."

-Psalm 103:1