The sense of guilt, of indwelling sin, of inherent weakness, cannot be too deep. The ruin, the helplessness, even the inability of the soul, cannot be made too plain. Job came at last to “abhor” himself; then he found his lost joy—in God. The deeper the knowledge of sin, the greater is the appreciation of salvation, and the larger are the gratitude, the joy, the eagerness to serve. Despair of self brings hope: self-hope is ruin. The more one wants Christ, the more quickly he finds Him; the more he wants in Christ, the more he finds in Him; the more of Christ he wants, the more he receives. The sinner’s strength is to do nothing, but to trust in what Christ has done. The Christian’s strength is to be nothing, and to find Christ his All in All.

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