Helplessness

"God wants us to come to him empty-handed, weary, and heavy-laden. Instinctively we want to get rid of our helplessness before we come to God. ... The gospel, God's free gift of grace in Jesus, only works when we realize we don't have it all together. ... The gospel uses my weakness as the door to God's grace. That is how grace works."
-- Paul Miller, A Praying Life