Our title to this post in an age of cultural high regard for rugged individualism and self-identity seems strange. Yet the Lord calls us to find joy in dependence on Him. He calls us to rejoice in our salvation more than our success. I don't know about you, but I don't like being dependent on others. I don't like asking people for help. Yet the Lord instructs us to not only be dependent on Him but to be joyful about it as well. A mature Christian will actually sing about their dependence in Christ.
Not only should joyful dependence on Lord be more important to us than worldly success, but it should also be more important than our gifts, talents and experiences. Joyful dependence on the Lord should be even more important than successful ministry for the Lord. This is because it is so easy to become prideful of our gifts and talents and to forget that it was the Lord who gave us our gifts and talents in the first place.
We should be joyful in our dependence on the Lord, because He is the only One who can supply our earthly needs. He is the only One who can save us eternally. Our rejoicing should come from the fact that are names are written in heaven. We should rejoice in His grace. We should rejoice in whom we are in Christ and not in our accomplishments. Since we are by nature sinful and prideful, this can only come through the power and working of Christ and His Holy Spirit in our lives. Thank You, Lord!
Part of joyful dependence is submitting to the Lord in obedience and in dependence. The link to the song below talks about that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHJPwI1Qioo&list=RDdHJPwI1Qioo&start_radio=1
PS
If you did not see last week's blog post about singing praises to the Lord you can find it at the below link:
https://christiancaregiving.blogspot.com/2025/07/sing-and-praise-him-for-his-grace.html