Some people take credit for all that is good in their lives, yet blame God or their circumstances for everything that goes wrong. Every blessing, opportunity, and circumstance is from God. Some of us have succeeded because we are talented, wise, disciplined, intelligent, responsible, and hard- working… all this, too, is from God. So what is our part?
When my husband is fixing something, I try to help. I’ve learned to give him a lot of elbow room to work. I just wait quietly and stay a few feet to the side till he asks me to hold something or go get a tool.
I think this is how God works too. Our part is to get our egos out of the way so God can do his part. Our ego tells us that we can fix ourselves and our situations. It tells us that we have the tools and the knowledge to use them properly. We occasionally ask for God’s input, but then we crowd Him with our opinions and instructions.
Along with giving God ample space to work, we must also wait by His side attentively. We can’t just leave the premises thinking we have no role in God’s work. He usually asks us to assist in some seemingly minor way. God is the Master in every situation. We are always just apprentices in training.
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