I Can Do Nothing

Before reading opinion read the truth: John 5:16-23

One of the most amazing statements found in the New Testament if not the Bible is when Jesus says ". . . the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do"(John 5:19). Keep in mind this is the same person that John said "All things were made through"(John 1:3). Not only was Jesus there with God when the world was created but it could not have been made without Him. Yet, He says I can do nothing without the Father's approval.

Several points can be made from this and hopefully I won't get too "preachy". 

I guess the first is how important our influence is to those around us. I remember the phrase "Like father, like son". We all have a responsibility to influence others for the right but it gets difficult when we fail to realize how self absorbed we can be. Which leads me to the next thought I had.

How much influence for good can we be without the supreme standard of righteousness in complete control of our lives? One of my good friends says often "We all have as much of God as we want." If we are really honest with ourselves how much can we accomplish without God? Who provides the air we breath? Who provides the grace that allows us to mess up in the presence of the supreme standard? God provided an instruction manual to inform us of the standard.

This instruction manual isn't treated as a life saving tool. Our sense of urgency towards the word is often surpassed by our sense of entertainment. Ok now I know I sound "preachy" and even hypocritical sense I'm in a band. How are we to know "what Jesus would do" if we don't know what He did when He was here in the flesh?

Really it all goes back to humility. Am I humble enough to "allow" the Father to direct my every thought just like Jesus.

This was all started when I noticed just how self absorbed middle schoolers are and wondered where they learned to be that way. Surely not me. . .