Dependence. It is the place where we learn that all things are done by faith. “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6), and without it nothing enduring gets done.
The Pharisees once asked Jesus what they could do to work for God. Jesus replied: “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent” (John 6:29). How inconceivable to think that God would be so hard up that He must rely on human beings to get His work done! How audacious of us to think we must do it. Only God can bring salvation to the world. Our work is not to work, but to believe in the work He has finished in Christ and to enter into His rest. That’s true of our own salvation as well as the salvation of others…
If we are to do anything at all for ourselves and for others, it must be done by faith. “Without Me,” Jesus reminded His disciples, “you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
-- Adapted from “A Beacon in The Darkness: Reflecting God’s Light in Today’s Word” by John Roper
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