Peter Scazzero writes in Emotionally Healthy Spirituality,
“Picture a beggar. Not someone you might find on the streets of a North American city, strolling along looking for change to buy beer or cigarettes. Rather, picture a person in such abject poverty that he is incapable of doing anything more than lying in a corner with a palm upraised, hoping someone will take pity on him. Picture someone who knows he will die unless someone has mercy upon him.”
How often do we really see ourselves in such need? I was with two brothers in a meeting yesterday and we discussed some of our struggles that occurred over the holidays. I told them that we have two things in common. One: We are very needy people. Two: We realize it. I shared that it was a gift that we realized how needy we are.
As you find that you are needy, don’t let it lead you to despair. It is actually the very thing that God has placed in our lives for a reason. God will never lead us to a point where we will stop needing Him. As we grow in the Christian life, we should become more acutely aware of how needy we actually are and thus depend on God more each day.
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