The son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.” --Luke 15:21
The situation that makes us weep can, with a change in our attitude, make us rejoice. We say with the Prodigal Son that we are “no longer worthy.” Those three little words can be the source of pain or joy. It is the source of pain if we are trying to create worthiness. However, it can be the source of joy when we see that Jesus came to be our worth. It is interesting that so many sought to take the life of Elijah. He would not let any take it. Yet he wanted God to take his life upon this one discovery: “It is enough, take away my life, I am not better than my fathers!” He had discovered that he had no worthiness and wanted to die. We do the same thing when we fail, but God wants us to see that we lack worthiness so that we can recognize that Jesus has become our worthiness. When we see this, we will wonder why we ever sought to have worth of our own. We must see that Jesus is everything we need. Greater things than He did we will do. Can we believe it? If not, it is because we are looking to ourselves--our flesh and our efforts--for its fulfillment. We have no worthiness, but we can give up on ourselves, for Christ is in us. He is our worthiness, our strength, our holiness, our righteousness, and when we see it, He will flow through us. Seeing that which we are not must always be followed by seeing just what He is in us.What initially caused us to weep will make us rejoice.
- Mike Wells
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