January 25, 2026
Fulfillment in Powerlessness
Our fulfillment is in offering emptiness, our usefulness in becoming useless, our power in becoming powerless. It indeed belongs to the core of the Christian message that God did not reveal himself to us as the powerful other, unapproachable in his omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence. Instead he came to us in Jesus Christ, who “did not cling to his equality with God, but emptied himself. Period. And became as men are; and being as all men are, he was humble yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross “(Philippians 2:6 -8).
“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, assuming human likeness. And being found in appearance as a human, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross.”
- Philippians 2:5 -8
Reflection Question: What feelings arise in you at the thought of being powerless?
