Good Words for Today: January 15

“Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord” (Psalm 130:1). We will never fix ourselves because we lack the inner resources to solve our own problems. That flies in the face of the self-help gurus who say the answer is within us. The Bible says the opposite is true: The problem is within us. The answer lies outside of us. As long as you think you can solve your own problems, you can only get worse. When you finally say, “Lord, please help me. I can’t do it on my own,” then you’re a good candidate for salvation.

January 15, 2017