Die to Yourself
"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” — Psalm 34:18
In God’s economy, you must go down into the valley of grief before you can scale the heights of spiritual glory. You must become tired and weary of living alone before you seek and find the fellowship of Christ. You must come to the end of self before you begin to live. The mourning of inadequacy is a weeping that catches the attention of God. We will only find true happiness when we reach a point where we realize that our own ability, our own goodness, and our own morality is insufficient in the sight of God. When we acknowledge our need of Christ, our mourning will turn to joy.