death to self-sufficiency

Stoked to be back on the blog going through another study with you all! Here's some things that DJ said that have stuck with me this week:

• "God did not come into the world looking for beatitude filled people to call into his kingdom" Thank God for this truth! The beatitudes are the profile of people in tune with the good news that God is breaking into this world and calling us to his kingdom.
• Being poor in spirit means we recognize we have absolutely nothing to offer God and are fully dependent on Him. We can confidently approach God empty handed.
• Don’t compare yourself to others, compare yourself to Jesus. Then we'll see ourselves as we really are.
• Death to self sufficiency is actually birth!! Oh how I so often want to be seen as competent and self-sufficient by the people around me, but the truth is I am incompetent in spirit and there is freedom in accepting that in the kingdom!

What lucky bums we are indeed!!