"...for without me ye can do nothing." John 15:5
Our helplessness outside of God should really make our own self-assertions seem quite ridiculous. "There is no point," says C.S. Lewis, "in our asking God for peace and happiness outside of Himself. There is no such thing." How can we possibly find joy, love, peace, meaning, purpose, strength, and all things virtuous and true outside of their Source? We are not even chasing the wind; we are chasing nothingness, and we are the greater fools for it.
"What will ye do in the day of visitation?" What on earth do you plan to do when the King comes to judge and you are not at His right hand? You will be another prisoner, another slain. There is no other way about it. There is no help for drowning outside of the One standing on the shore; all else (whether it be good or evil) will sink with you.
"Without me ye can do nothing." How often do we do things for Christ instead of with Him? How many of us are His workers and not His co-laborers? How many of us go and do without consulting Him? In addition, how many of us are burned out because we go and do apart from the source of strength? We do all that work apart from Christ, only to find out that our work is hay and stubble for the fire because apart from Christ our work is as nothing.
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