Monday, February 11, 2013

Tim Keller's Counterfeit Gods is seriously blowing me away this week. In chapter four, "The Seduction of Success," he lists things out pretty plainly:

"If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing... Jesus's salvation is received not through strength but through the admission of weakness and need."

What a comfort to know God doesn't work like we usually do. We don't have to come before him parading our status, achievements, and talents to get him to accept us into his family--to force his hand to move in our lives. None of that impresses him anyway! No, all we have to do is approach him humbly with open hands saying: "Lord, I've got nothing. I need you."

If you want God's grace and Jesus's salvation... "all you need is need, all you need is nothing."