Someone said to me that a lot of people say "God provides" and then use that as an excuse to not do anything for themselves. Well now I am one of them. The bank was running low, and though I knew that I should have been looking for a job, I decided to be lazy and trust that "God will provide."
Maybe God only provides when you're doing what he wants you to do. Maybe God provides when you make the first step yourself.
It's much like prayer. You can pray and expect God to answer your prayer, but many times we pray and then do nothing ourselves. Sometimes we have to realize that God acts through us. Maybe we pray for our friend to become a Christian, but then don't show them what Jesus' love really means. Maybe we pray for our friend to feel encouraged, but then don't send them an encouraging note or phone call. Maybe we pray that God will provide for us, but then don't seek out opportunities for him to bless us.
Maybe we tell God to control only some parts of our lives, while we desperately cling to the things we want to conrtol; maybe we are following the people of Isaiah 58:2, or Titus 1:16...
ReplyDeleteMaybe i'm just crazy too.