Sustaining Truth

November 14

One thing an unregenerate man cannot abide is the notion that apart from God he is nothing. That simply does not compute for the individual who thinks he is a self-made man. It is impossible for someone who thinks he’s in charge of his life to reconcile the Lord’s assertion in John 15:5, “Without Me, you can do nothing,” to himself.

Instead of leaning upon the omnipotence of God and taking comfort in the power He extends to man to gain wealth, to accrue knowledge, to discover the wonders of the universe, to simply draw his next breath, the denier of the Lord simply closes his eyes to the reality of the ‘God factor’ in his life.

Conversely, the individual who acknowledges the keeping and sustaining power of God, who leans upon Him, who abides in His mercy and grace, takes great comfort in the awareness that it is not his own strength, his own wisdom, or his own ability that assure his success in life’s endeavors.

The person of faith builds the totality of his life upon the reality stated in Genesis 2:7, “The Lord God formed man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils.” Without Him, we are mere dust. With Him, we have the God-infused breath of life coursing through us—that is sustaining truth!