man "it is impossible." When we rely on man's power and ability, the situation is hopeless. Good news! When our human hopelessness and nothingness is clear to us, we will find Jesus to be everything we need. One common denominator between the Canaanite woman and the Roman centurion, those with "great faith," is that they were at the end of themselves. This is exemplified repeatedly in the Bible. Elijah was filled with fear; he wanted to die because of the threatening words spoken by queen Jezebel. At that low point he met God and walked for forty days in the strength of the divine encounter. Joshua sat with his face between his knees, a posture of discouragement, when he saw the "captain of the Lord's host." This divine encounter changed everything, and Joshua with the people of Israel, marched around the walls of Jericho until they came down flat with the ground. Joseph was in the pit of despair in the dungeon of the prison, at the end of himself, when God exalted him to the palace in Egypt. Simon Peter had utterly failed denying Jesus. In that state of despair, he encountered the Holy Spirit and preached and three thousand were saved. The patriarch Jacob demanded God's blessing, but it was not until he was wounded in his hip and limped, that the blessings came. He had to come to the end of himself. As long as we think or trust in ourselves as being good enough Christians who live a better life than most, we will end up empty-handed. The truth is we are all
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