I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question? The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different. (Romans 7:24,25 The Message)
Forests
We have examined a lot of things that we can not do, but Jesus can.
And I like them all.
But let us not lose sight of the most important thing that Jesus does, that we cannot.
We fail to obey God. Repeatedly. Even after we are Christians.
But Jesus still fixes that.
He has obeyed God on our behalf, He obeys God on our behalf, and He will obey God on our behalf.
His obedience is what enables us to serve God, despite the contradiction of our desire, and our action.
The little trees that represent the things that only Christ can do, are actually all the forest of our salvation.
We can not save, even ourselves, but Jesus can.