“…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”~ Phil.. 2:12
I believe it was Hudson Taylor who, when asked by a young man to pray he’d rise up at five in the morning for devotions, said, “No! Then added, “But I will pray God will help you after you put your first foot to the floor.”
The very fact that God is said to be our helper throughout scripture shows we are in the equation. Most certainly the Lord will do for us what we cannot do ourselves, but you’ll have a long wait, if you’re waiting for Him to do for you what you can do yourself. Taken in the right context, the little quip, “God helps those who help themselves,” is true.
We need to take ourselves in hand from time to time. Yes, we need to give ourselves a good talking to, if you please. David said, “Why art thou cast down, O my soul?” We are told Solomon, “Communed with [his] own heart.” Nehemiah tells us, “I consulted with myself.” And the old apostle says, “I determined this with myself…” Sometimes we need to take ourselves by the nape of the neck and give ourselves a good shaking. Twice God tells Job in the midst of the mess he was in, when he was prone to pity himself, “Gird up now thy loins like a man.”
I guarantee you, if we refuse to use the faculties God has endowed us with, we need not expect Him to use them! It’s a sham spirituality that will not use a sanctified mind to figure a way out of one’s predicament.
by an Aged Saint
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