A wise Bible teacher once said, "Sooner or later God will bring self-sufficient people to the place where they have no resource but Him: no strength, no answers, nothing but Him. Without God's help, they're sunk."

He then told of a despairing man who confessed to him, "My life is really in bad shape."

"How bad?" asked the teacher.

Burying his head in his hands, the man moaned, "I'll tell you how bad—I've got nothing left but God."

"Well, I'm happy to assure you that God is all you need."

—J.E.Y.