Helplessness

There are two common (human) responses to helplessness. The first is despair and the second is self-indulgence. For the Christ-follower, neither makes any sense. Helplessness does not have to take away hope. Moreover, helplessness doesn't give me a license to be self-centered and self-serving. It would seem that true defects of character drive me in those directions.

Jesus said that apart from His Father, he could do nothing. He recognized His helplessness. Now what do you suppose Jesus knew about helplessness that you and I may have overlooked?