Self Sufficiency Vice

2 Corinthians 1: 9

Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

Paul in his second letter to the church of Corinth, was explaining about the hardship endured by the Asian believers.

And yet God is the God of all comfort in the midst of every kind of trial.

He might even bring about trials and hard ships, to bring about dependency.

If you listen to any of the pre-election speeches given by candidates these days, they are telling young people to be self reliant.

In the new world system, self sufficiency is a virtue.

The truth is, self sufficient in the spiritual sense, is not a virtue at all—it’s actually a vice.

God is working in us day by day, to bring about complete dependency upon Him.

He won’t stop that work, until we our totally dependent upon Him.

Ask yourself this morning; Can you trust God for the many promises He’s revealed?

If you have trouble answering that question, then God has more work to do in you, in the area of dependency........