When I was first saved from my sins (Matthew 1:21) back in 1998, I remember how much the Lord had broken me down to nothing, and I mean nothing. A man of God once said that until a man becomes nothing, God will create nothing out of him (Isaiah 66:2; Psalm 34:18, 51:17).
The Lord has definitely taken the time to show me this truth by showing me what I am not, by showing me who He is (Malachi 3:6).
During this breaking process, I also remember feeding on the Word day and night (John 6:35). For me, it was like King David when he said:
“As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.” -Psalm 42:1-2
I'm also reminded in Matthew 5:6 where Jesus said: “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
This is where I am after 21 years of working out my own salvation with fear and trembling and in studying to shew myself approved unto God (Philippians 2:12; 2 Timothy 2:15).
I did not want to have anything to do with the old man.
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which i ...