How often have we thought we were doing great only to fall flat on our face? Just when I think I have it all under control, everything falls apart! Such is the description given above by Solomon. When we start trusting in ourselves instead of God, we sink out of control. Kind of like Peter walking on the water (Matthew 14:24-33). And Jesus's answer to Peter? "O thou of little faith". Isn't it the same with us? We start doing swell on what we think is our own, only to realize we are nothing without God.
It reminds me of the image of eagle's soaring - they are graceful and full of strength. Unfortunately, we are often the buzzards my father described to me one day - "They are soaring high and think they are eagles. But eventually, they will swoop back down to reality and eat the rotten flesh vice the fresh food of eagles." There is only one way to transform us from the filthy buzzards to the graceful eagle - salvation. When we become new through Jesus Christ, we put away our old habits and "all things are new" (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Tired of reverting back to failures and the filthiness of sin? Put your trust in the only one who can truly change us from the inside out!
