"Greater Works Than These..."

Today, as I was cleaning up the sticky notes on my desktop, I came across this little paragraph, and it was exactly what I needed today. I had been thinking about righteousness by faith earlier, and these thoughts tied things together in my mind. I think I've likely posted it on here or shared it somewhere before or got it from someone else since it was on a sticky on my desktop, but it did me so much good that I just had to share it once more. Praise the Lord that He is so merciful. He even sends me His messages multiple times when I have forgotten them or need to hear them again. God is so good!

John 14:10,12

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works...Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

    Christ lived a life of victory over sin, but even Christ didn't do it by Himself. Here He reveals the secret to His perfect life: "the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." To me this is incredible. That Jesus, who, though fully human, was yet fully God, would rely on His Father for every word and every work. How much more should I depend  on my heavenly Father for every word and action!

No one has lived a life like Jesus did, but look at the promise in verse 12: "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."  "The Saviour's promise to His disciples is a promise to His church to the end of time. God did not design that His wonderful plan to redeem men should achieve only insignificant results. All who will go to work, trusting not in what they themselves can do, but in what God can do for and through them, will certainly realize the fulfillment of His promise. "Greater works than these shall he do," He declares; "because I go unto my Father."  {LHU 190.3}"

Father, I choose to believe on Your Son. Dwell in me, and do "greater works" in me for Jesus sake. May You be glorified by what You accomplish in me. Amen.