Our Helplessness
Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.
But He does not always, nor generally, act immediately, when we are brought low.
No, he “waits to be gracious” (Isa. 30:18), that our helplessness may be the more fully realized, that His delivering hand may be seen the more clearly, and that His merciful interposition may be the more appreciated.
-from Arthur Pink‘s sermon, “Slaying Goliath” on 1 Samuel 17
