Cannot Be Done Alone

John 5:19 “Jesus replied, ‘Truly I tell you, the Son is not able to do anything on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son likewise does these things…’” ~CSB

Have you ever asked yourself, “Is this it?”, where your life is concerned. We may have a house and we may have a car. Our job is a job and all these things make us look at our lives and wonder, "Is this it?" By this time in our lives, some of us think we would have more or experience more. Well the first thing we have to do is make sure we are in the same place where God has led us and not in a place where we have led ourselves. 

When we do find that we are in a place where we have been led by the spirit, we must realize one thing, and that is we cannot walk the whole journey on our own. We were created by God, for Him to use us in His will for this world. In other words, in life, that ‘pause’ we feel is the place where God wants us to turn it over to Him, so He can take over. In the text above, Jesus says He is not ‘...able to do anything on His own…’ If our Lord and Savior wouldn’t move without God, then we shouldn’t either.

God’s intention for us is great because in verse 20 He says, “For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything He is doing, and He will show Him greater works than these so that you will be amazed.” The key phrase here is, “...greater works…” God authorizes the Son by giving Him greater works. Jesus passes that favor on to us and confirms it in John 14:12, “Truly I tell you, the one who believes in me (That’s Us!) will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these…”

God loves us and has intent and purpose for our lives. We must take on the responsibility of following God’s lead for that purpose by putting ourselves in position. A position for Him to show His power to us and others around us, through us. We cannot do this alone. He did not create us to do so.

That time of ‘pause’ in our lives should be embraced because this is the area where God wants to perform the next steps in our journey. He wants to do this for us. Jesus recognized this, and we should as well. May God bless and keep you under his umbrella of protection, direction and wisdom as we journey in Jesus name.

Amen