Because God is in the miracle business, and it is all in His hands and in His time, but God never interferes in our lives. He asks us to work alongside Him. When He parted the Red Sea, He didn't need Moses to raise his arms, but Moses needed to show God and himself and the other Hebrews the strength of his own faith. When He healed the lame, He first asked, "Do you want to be well?" because the lame man needed to own and recognize his own desires.
And so it always is. God will do miracles. But we have to pony up and do our part. We need to put in some sweat equity. In corporate talk, we have to buy a piece of the boat. We need that, not for God's sake, but for ours; to remind us, to imprint on ourselves, the depth of our own needs.
Be encouraged. Be faithful. Be at peace.
Roxie
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I like the quote from Steve Arterburn... "Sometimes we are waiting for God to do what He is waiting for us to do."
peace
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