Philippians 3:9 " and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;"
          Left to myself, I would not last a second without falling back into sin. The only reason I can stand is because of the strength given to me by God. I have no strength apart from Him and it hurts to admit it but,  it's the truth. I didn't save myself from Hell, I couldn't even though I want to. I myself like to be able to say " I did it " or " I can take care of myself ". I like to be seen as a strong man, that's able to handle himself. The truth however, is that I can't and if I seem like I can, it's only because of the strength given to me by God. I want to stop sin myself but, I can't even see it without God. How can I then fight an enemy I can't even see? Sin is attractive to me! However, I know it leads to death. The reason that I can't fight it apart from God is because it's been a part of me for so long. It's like I'm the only fireman in the middle a blazing wildfire trying to stop it! I don't even have water to stop it! It's consuming my life and I can't do a thing about it! I need God's help in order to live. Without Him, I'm as good as dead! I call on God then hear thunder, right then God sends the rain and puts the fire out in a flash. I am learning of my powerlessness to stop the fires of sin without God's help. I will continually call on God to help me in my time of need.
           Praise be to God for His thunder and rain.