Powerless Without Christ

We can do nothing without Christ! It's amazing, just a few weeks ago we talked about how God is always with us. We have been looking into the story and life of Joseph and how God tells us time and time again how He was with Joseph. He went through many terrible things but he also was given some great privileges! When things were great, he was given a high office in Egypt and essentially ruled over the whole land under Pharaoh. We never see him take the credit for what God was doing in his life. Joseph always understood that the things in his life were a gift from God! He gives credit fully to God for the good things happening in his life and the good that God is doing through Joseph! Joseph recognizes that all good things come from God! We are nothing without our Creator and our Savior! Jesus has done so much for us, through salvation and what He accomplished on the cross, but also in our daily lives. We are nothing without Him! Yet, sometimes when life is good and going our way, we forget about God! It sometimes almost seems easier to remember God in the hard times than it is in the good! He is a good God! Life sometimes feels like a roller coaster. We go through both good times and bad, but God is with us through all of it. The good things that happen in our lives are to be thanks to God who gives us everything we need! The Bible tells us to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit him, and he will make your paths straight,” (Proverbs 3:5-6). God wants us to rely on Him! He wants us to trust in the Lord when the good things come and the bad! We are powerless without our Lord and yet we find ourselves wanting to do everything our own way. We get tired of wanting to rely on the Lord, wait on His timing, and do the things He has laid out for us to do. God has a plan for all His children. Trust in Him!