How "self-sufficient" does self-sufficient mean? Does being self-sufficient mean that a person no longer needs air, food or water? Does being "completely self-sufficient" mean that person creates the compounds they need all by themselves?
Or does being "self-sufficient" mean that a person can be involved with a spouse, a job or with their children, and yet is completely sufficient apart from all those things?
What about when the "self-sufficient" person becomes sick or gets old? Do they grow new body parts, like salamanders, and regenerate themselves?
Or does being self-sufficient mean something else to the person who's anxious to claim it?
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I can see why folks would be eager to describe themselves as self-sufficient. Being self-sufficient is thought to express a sense of strength, independence and assertiveness but also, and let's not kid ourselves, a subtle warning: Pay attention to me, because I don't need you. I'm self-sufficient.
But being "self-sufficient" is a lie. Being "self-sufficient" means that self will always be insufficient and ultimately found to be lacking ... no matter what the self-help books and gurus say.
My salvation and my honor depend on God;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
- Psalm 62:7
This is what the LORD says:
"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strength
and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strength
and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
- Jeremiah 17:5
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.
- Colossians 2:8
