“Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”” ?(Luke 18:25 NIV-G/K) ??“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. ?(1Corinthians 1:18 NIV-G/K) ??There is a question that have been repeatedly going through my mind in the last several days. ??Do I need a Savior? ??I have been thinking a lot about the verses above and how it not only relates to those that are not Christians but it relates to us, who are Christians as well, maybe even more so. ??If we need food, we drive to mcdonalds. ?If we need money, we get out our credit card. ?If we are bored, we turn on our televisions and computers. ?If we hurt, we go to the doctor. ?If we are depressed we take a prozac. ??In our society we worship wealth, power, and strength. We prize people who are independent and can solve their own problems. People are suppose to be self-sufficient. ??If you look at my upbringing, I lived in a house where we always had food, always had television (actually we had 6 or 7). If we are strong enough, if we are smart enough, if we had enough money, there is not a problem that cannot be solved. I understand perfectly well why my parents and sisters do not feel they need a savior. My family believes they have enough money to solve any problem. We are told we need to have self-esteem and that we are to be brave, strong and independent. The world owes us respect, we deserve prosperity and happiness. ??I am not writing this to the non-believers. I am writing this for myself. I am writing this to my brothers and sisters in Christ. We think to ourselves, “life is good”. we go to work or school, we come home, we watch television every night, we worship at church, we go to bible studies, we participate where needed. we have people who love us, we have plenty of food on the table, oh sure there are problems, but they are minor. We do all the right things in all the right ways and we just cruise along thinking God is blessing us and all is well. The enemy has brainwashed us into believing we are self-sufficient. ??What do our testimonies say? What do our lives say? Do we need a savior? I think that it would be very easy to exchange the word rich for the concept of being self-sufficient. Self-Sufficiency closes the door on God, our savior and puts us exactly where the enemy wants us. Alone and vulnerable. ??A decision needs to be made: Who is in control? God or us? ??Being a God fearing; Christ loving Christian is contradictory to being self-sufficient. God doesn’t need our help. God wants us to totally depend on Him. Our walk with Christ is counter-intuitive to the world. God calls us to: ??•Trust in him (Proverbs 3:5) ?•Depend on Him for our needs (Matthew 6:25-34) ?•Bring our broken heart and spirit to Him (Psalm 51:17) ?•God is our refuge and strength (Psalm 46 1-3) ?•Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you (Psalm 55:22) ?(And many other verses) ??Do we live a life of self-sufficiency or God-dependency? ??Please let me know what you think? Am I thinking right or am I just insane? What am I missing?

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