Have you ever noticed what the most prominent and popular section is in many bookstores? It’s the self-help section. How to lose weight. How to be happy. How to find a man or woman. How to make more money. The problem with this, however, is that oftentimes, we are the problem. I’m so thankful that the Bible doesn’t tell me that I am the solution to the problems I create. As a sinner by nature and choice, I don’t need to look inward for a solution. I need a solution outside of myself. I need a Savior. I don’t need more self-help. I need God’s help. And God is graciously available to us.

And you know, I think that’s why sharing the love of Jesus with everyone we meet is the most kind and loving action we can ever take. It’s why the Good News is truly Good News. Because Jesus paid it all. He said, “It is finished.” We just have to believe it! He did all the work, and he will do all the work in and through you and me. Christ is the only one who can truly make you new. No one can truly “help themselves”. As Lee Strobel said, “Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good. He came to make dead people alive.” All the self-help reading in the world could never accomplish that. Who do you know who needs to hear the life-giving, Good News gospel of Jesus Christ today?

This is Luis Palau