To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power…2Thess.1.11 ESV
One must pull on two oars to paddle a rowboat or you will simply go in circles. The same is true for our maturity in Jesus. With one oar we trust God and with the other, we try. Some, confusing the call of God (justification) and walking worthy of the call (sanctification) have said that we must stop all trying and start trusting. And, this is certainly true in answering the call (justification) for no one can be justified by works but by faith in the death of Christ alone. But this does not mean that once made right with God that we do not resolve to do good as His children. Our good, will never be good enough and that is the reason for Christ. But having received the gift of God’s forgiveness we try to walk worthy of it and do so by trusting and obeying. In the worthy walk (sanctification) trying goes hand and hand with trusting. That is why we trust God to supply what is needed and help us as we try to do good. God supplies us in a number of ways, He tells us what is good, He works in us a desire for it, and He even gives us the faith to trust Him as we try to do it. Every commandment of God is prefaced with the inner encouragement to trust Him for its execution. But trusting without trying is only pulling with one oar and it is the reason so many Christians simply travel in circles. We can only trust Christ to answer the call of God but we must trust and try if we are to walk worthy of the call. 10/16/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
