As I started to memorize Romans 1:21 my mind went back to other verses about futility. It says, “Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.”

Here is Strong’s definition of useless. Fruitless, empty, futile, hollow, unreal, unproductive, lacking substance, ineffectual, void of results, and worthless. I want my life to count.

God has prescribed His way for us throughout Scripture. Samuel 12:21 says, “Do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.”

That brings me to John 15:5. It says, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” Doing any one thing in our own strength is futile. It all starts with thoughts.