It’s a persistent Creation reality:

I am not much on my own.

The material is just that, just dust. But, in God’s hands and with God’s breath, the material of man is instead the image of God. His special design of humankind—indwelled with the breath of life from God—is Creation’s crowning triumph. And, for all of history onward, it is our core truth: in Him is life, and apart from Him we are nothing.

Cherish life and breath today, you who are dust. He is with you, in you—and you do nothing on your own.

— Tyler

(Gen. 2:7)