A Deep Dependence

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2 Corinthians 3:1-11 (NIV)
1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. 3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

4 Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. 5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant - not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

7 Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! 10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

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Father this message is extremely dear to me. While I was sharing with a colleague today, I asked her, what's her purpose in life? She replied me that she did not have any purpose, and did not find the need for any purpose to begin with. She lives happily everyday, takes life for granted, waiting for things to happen. She's not bothered by not having a clear purpose in life. Not worried at all.

I was trying to find a way that I can explain to her, but I was lost, which only implies of my lack of knowledge of Your Word Father. But thank You for showing me this answer today. Indeed to experience God's strength, we first need to experience our own weakness.

Only through the experience of our inadequacies, will we experience the love of God, His strength, love and support. Father Lord, give me patience and the wisdom to know when it's the best time to reach out to my non-Christian friends, so that when the right opportunity arises, I will do You proud.