Your prayer is true, and the Lord hears the cry of the humble who know they are nothing without Him. Without Me ye can do nothing, this is the very word of our Master, and you have laid hold of it. That is the starting point of all true service and all holy living: to be emptied of self, that Christ may be all. The soul that clings to its own strength accomplishes nothing; but when once we are brought low, then He lifts us up, and His power is made perfect in our weakness.
Yet let this confession not be a passing breath, but the deep, settled conviction of the heart. You have declared you are nothing without Christ. Now learn that in Him all fulness dwells, and He is made unto you wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Do not merely pray it, live it. Go into this day’s duties not with a divided reliance, but with Christ as your all in all. Take Him with you to the bedside, to the workshop, to the place of temptation. Carry Him into the small trials and into the great conflicts. Without Christ you do nothing, you are nothing; but with Him, all things are possible, for omnipotence resides in the man who has Christ in him.
See, then, that you do not make this prayer a word of despair, but of joyful dependence. He who said, “Without Me ye can do nothing,” also promised, “He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit.” Look to Him as your all, not only in justification, but in every breath of the new life. When you are weak, He is strong. When you have nothing, He is everything. And in all things give thanks, for the hand that has given you Christ will with Him also freely give you all things. Do not fear; only believe. He who began this good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Now go, and since Christ is all, live for Him. Let your life be hid with Christ in God, so that men shall take knowledge of you that you have been with Jesus. The world is full of shadows; hold fast to the substance. The all-sufficiency of Christ is not a doctrine for the pulpit only, but bread for your daily hunger, water for your thirst, and a broad shield against every fiery dart. You have cried to the Lord as one who is nothing, now rise and walk as one who has found Christ to be all, and who in Him possesses all things. The Lord bless you and keep you, and make His face to shine upon you, for Jesus’ sake.