Last week we discussed the issue of waiting on God’s timing as we live out our daily lives. We discussed how the only successful way to do this is to allow Jesus to be our life source and leave the flesh behind. Jesus continues to show us the application of this core principle in this week’s passage. In verse 16 Jesus is very direct about the source of his own teaching, teaching that “amazed” the leaders of the day (who were considered the expert teachers). Jesus clearly stated, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.” So here we have Jesus waiting until halfway through the Feast to even show up, and then we get another lesson. He teaches NOT his own lessons and opinion, but that of his Father. Jesus goes on to ensure we know the reason for this in verse 18 when he says, “He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.”Let’s look even closer at this statement, “He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.” This seems to imply that if we do anything for, of, or by ourselves there is something false about us. In other words, whatever it is we are doing for ourselves is NOT for the Father. How can it even be possible that we do is for the honor of the Father? The same way John has been showing us through this gospel: by allowing JESUS to be our life. We need to remember the truth of Scripture, “…I no longer live, but Christ lives in me,” (Galatians ) and we need to allow Jesus to live that life. We must stop attempting to do ANYTHING ourselves, because we simply cannot; only HE can.