The Courage of Relying on God for Every Good Work
Faustino de Jesús Zamora Vargas
SUMMARY: As believers, we have been created in Christ Jesus to do good works. Therefore, we must put together a life project that harmonizes with God's wishes and dreams. We must trust in God and rest in His faithfulness, knowing that He has the best options and optimal solutions for our plans. We must pray and wait for God to do His work in our hearts before embarking on any project. When God chooses godly and consecrated men to carry out His work, they will face opposition, but they must depend on the Lord and cry out in prayer for His guidance and direction. The world we live in is in spiritual ruin, but the Gospel can rebuild and reform the walls that we have let down through indulgence. When we know that we are at the center of His will and totally dependent on Him, we instill confidence and enthusiasm by participating in His work.
The Word of God says that we have been created in Christ Jesus to do good works (Eph 2:10). This statement is largely a good reason to surrender to Christ. The believer must put together a life project that harmonizes with the wishes and dreams of God. His plans are our plans, his work our commitment. Trusting in God is resting in His faithfulness with the certainty that He has the best options and optimal solutions for our plans.
Do we entrust our projects to God? Do we first bathe them in prayer until we find grace before Him? Nehemiah did that before embarking on the adventure of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem 1500 kilometers away from Persia, where he served as cupbearer to the King. He did not pray for the fallen walls, but for the spiritual condition of the exiled brothers who in Judah suffered calamities and were still living in constant humiliation, he wept for his own disobedience and that of his people by not fulfilling the precepts of God. His cry was a desperate cry to turn to God and resume a relationship of blessing with the Father of the nation. Nehemiah, above all things, depended on divine authority to promote this noble and committed undertaking. "The king granted my request, because God was acting on my behalf" (Neh 2.8).
Do we entrust our projects to God? Do we first bathe them in prayer until we find grace before Him? Nehemiah did that before embarking on the adventure of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem 1500 kilometers away from Persia, where he served as cupbearer to the King. He did not pray for the fallen walls, but for the spiritual condition of the exiled brothers who in Judah suffered calamities and were still living in constant humiliation, he wept for his own disobedience and that of his people by not fulfilling the precepts of God. His cry was a desperate cry to turn to God and resume a relationship of blessing with the Father of the nation. Nehemiah, above all things, depended on divine authority to promote this noble and committed undertaking. "The king granted my request, because God was acting on my behalf" (Neh 2.8).
