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YOUR ROLE IS TO TRUST - Max Lucado
Some of us have written our own Bible verse from Popular Opinion, chapter one, verse one: “God helps those who help themselves.” We’ll fix ourselves, thank you. We’ll make up for our mistakes with contributions, our guilt with busyness. We’ll overcome our failures with hard work. We’ll find salvation the old-fashioned way: we’ll earn it!
Christ, in contrast, says to us, “Your role is to trust. Trust me to do what you can’t.”
By the way, you take similar steps of trust daily. You believe the chair will support you, so you set your weight on it. You trust the work of the light switch, so you flip it. You daily trust power you cannot see to do a work you cannot accomplish. Jesus invites you to do the same with him. But just him. Not another leader, not even yourself. Just Christ. Look to Jesus and believe.
From Mike: We've all probably known people who declare that "God helps those who help themselves" is definitely in the Bible but just can't remember the book, chapter and verse but it's in the New Testament somewhere. It does make sense in one respect; we are to work to earn a living so God does help us with our work efforts. However, there are so many things we cannot solve without the help of Christ. The number one item is our salvation. My parents were very strong Christians but had the same thoughts many do; "I must be good enough for God to save me!" It's the old argument about faith verses works.
God knew we would fail Him time after time so earning our salvation would be impossible. That's why He sacrificed His Son. Accept that fact, trust it and be grateful.
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