"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up."
Faith is best manifest when the churchman says, "Lord, I do not trust myself; but I do--boldly and confidently--trust You." To "humble [one-
self] in the sight of the Lord" is to consciously empty oneself of all self-sufficiency.
Ironically, just as soon as we think we can do the "obedience" thing in our own strength, we are already defeated. The devil knows then that we are his easy prey. But, conversely, when we know we can do no-
thing, and that our flesh nature is totally corrupt, and that our only hope is Jesus--then, we cannot fail.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Sound repentance begins in the love of God and ends in the hatred of sin." --Thomas Watson, in, "The Doctrine of Repentance"]
