I remember a quote I heard by Mark Batterson that said, “Everyone wants a miracle, but nobody wants to be  in a place to receive one.” So true. Some of the greatest miracles I’ve ever heard of happened to people who were in some of the worst situations.

Because of a lot of reasons, the idea of being “saved” by God has become extremely diluted if not irrelevant. I still however, see Jesus as my Savior. You never know how much you trust a knot until it’s the only thing that keeps you from plummeting to the ground.

I don’t like being saved in general. Not by people or by God. I want to be the self-sufficient guy. I want to be the guy that can pull himself up by his bootstraps and doesn’t need anybody. What a lie. That’s not me at all and if you’re honest, that’s not you either.

There have been a ton of situations where I was drowning on the inside. Times I just could not get it together and wasn’t able to get my feet on solid ground. In those times, it didn’t matter what degrees I had. It didn’t matter what books I’ve read and what success I’ve achieved. I was just a man who needed a Savior.

Jesus has come through for me every time. I try to act a lot of times like I don’t desperately need him, but I do. I need him every single moment of every day. I need him to be the husband I’m called to be and the dad I need to be for my kids. I need him to fulfill my call to ministry and everything in between. I would be absolutely nothing without him.

I don’t know if I’ve made that clear on this blog before, but you need to know that about me. This isn’t about some fake humility…it’s just the truth. Anything good you see in me is a gift from my Savior. He’s my strength….my peace….my power….my reason for living. He’ll be that for you also, if you let him.