I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
“If God’s kingdom is important to you, then you need not think you have to be anything important. Rather, you should place yourself at Jesus’ feet thinking, I am a weak human being but Jesus lives. Jesus is Victor. I will give myself to Him, and I will turn everything over to Him so that nothing can rule over me but He alone.”
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt in Action in Waiting (Walden: Plough, 1998) 6.
Who feels weak today? I do. Saturday is my day to rest. I ask God to restore me. But who feels weak for the challenges you face in life? Again, I would say that I do. You might also agree. So what should we do?
Let us give ourselves to Jesus. That’s not the kind of giving most people think about, especially in our times of weakness. We reason, “What can I offer?” That’s just it. Jesus wants us to realize we have nothing to offer.
Jesus the Victor does His best work through weak, surrendered people who give themselves fully to Him. Such is the paradoxical nature of generosity. God does not want or need anything. He wants us. I give myself to you, Jesus.