Jeremiah 45:5            New English Translation

5 Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go.”’”

 

God gives us a ransom so others may have hope.

Are we here to explain the adversity that God brings to the world?

As such, we cannot seek things for our self for God is in control

And strength from God comes as we accept our appointed role

 

John 6:55-57  New English Translation

55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.

 

The reserve power we do not possess, so we cannot move as we wish

Each time we need strength to live, we need to draw on the Lord

“I live because of the Father, so who feeds on me (Jesus) will live.”

“The bread that comes down from Heaven every day“ is not to be stored.

 

The secret of life is in our need of constant trust indeed

To be self-sufficient may be closely related to a curse

To lean on self alone and your material possessions

I will get you quickly for a ride in a “spiritual” hearse

 

Helpless we are, but in Him, we will go forth.

The more powerless we are, the more He’ll surely conquer

About attitude as we live our daily lives for Him

So His power shows a demonstration of how the weak be strong.

 

“His strength” combined with “ours” will surely bring defeat

We’ll reap nothing but shame as so we lean on our effort

Our natural strength or weakness ultimately has to die

To be replaced with trust through faith in an accurate accord

 

 

Jan Wienen