“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves
to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.” (2 Corinthians 3:5 NKJV)
“Thank You, Lord. You are my sufficiency
this moment, this hour, this day. I‘m counting on Your life in me -- Your love
and patience, Your gentleness and guidance and power -- to meet my needs and
overflow to others.”
When we praise with thanksgiving, we
deepen our experience of Christ in us as our Source. He constantly fills us and
replenishes our resources as we give ourselves in loving service to other
people.
C. S. Lewis wrote that a car [built with
an internal combustion engine] is made to run on gas, and it won’t run properly
on anything else. Likewise, God made us to run on Himself. He is the fuel our spirits
were designed to feed on. So it’s no use trying to find inner release and power
and fulfillment apart from God. There is no such thing. And God has given us
His life and power through our inner union with Christ Jesus our Lord.
When we turn our attention to Christ,
focusing on Him and His sufficiency, how can we help but praise and thank Him
for He is our life?
-- Ruth Myers in “31 Days of Praise”
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