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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO SAVE A DROWNING MAN? (TAKEN FROM THE BOOK: SIT WALK & STAND)


Have you ever tried to save a drowning man?

The trouble is that his fear prevents him trusting himself to you. When that is so, there are just two ways of going about it. Either you must knock him unconscious and then drag him to the shore, or else you must leave him to struggle and shout until his strength gives way before you go to his rescue. If you try to save him while he has any strength left, he will clutch at you in his terror and drag you under and both he and you will be lost.

God is waiting for your store of strength to be utterly exhausted before he can deliver you. Once you have ceased to struggle, he will do everything. God is waiting for you to despair.

My dear young friend, when we arrive at the end of our own strength it is not defeat, but the start of tapping into God’s boundless resources. It is when we are weak that we are strong in God. Stop trying with your own self. Trust in God and surrender yourself to God for He will take care of you.

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