We live in a society in which the strongest prevail, unfortunately. Here we praise the effective and successful. The successful arouse admiration and popularity. The strong and effective believe that success in life is life itself. But that life falls apart is not something unusual, an accidental misfortune, it is the natural way of life. As normal as the sun setting in the evening and autumn following summer. And we add: Who knows most about life? The one who is lucky and sails forward with the sun and a favourable wind? Or the one who fights a battle with heavy strokes of fate and endless disappointments? The answer is obvious.
If we read the gospels, it strikes us that around Jesus there is a multitude of people who simply do not feel on top. Here we find sinners, great and small, sick and lonley people, the unhappy and miserable people in society. Precisely these are welcome in Jesus' follow. "The healthy ones do not need a doctor, but those in pain do." 
With Jesus things are turned upside down in a radical way. The healthy, effective people who manage life, and who are used to be first in all of life's queues, they must here give place for the large procession of all those whose lives have fallen apart, and who always come last in all queues. "But many who are first, will be last, and the last first."
Where I confess my impotence, God shows his omnipotence. And only there. For the one who wants to manage on his own, God can do nothing. But "God's power is greatest when you are weak". And this will be my only hope for life and eternity: Where I am not capable, God does everything!
Psalm 94,18: "I said: I am falling, but your constant love, o Lord, held me up. "