![]() As we desire what He desires, we will do what He wants us to do (Psalm 37:4). The idea is that we must submit to God’s will for our lives, acknowledge our insufficiency while casting ourselves on His sufficiency, and trust Him in all our ways. Psalm 127:1 says that those who build labor in vain unless God is building the house. We can plan all we want, but unless we are doing what God wants, we cannot expect His support and power behind what we are doing. We all need the grace of God manifested through the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ (Romans 6:23). None of us will pass God’s test for holiness, for we have all sinned and fallen short (Romans 3:23). The Lord sees all including the motives of the heart. He is prone to rationalize and self-justify, not realizing that he has broken, for example, all ten commandments when it comes to the thoughts and intentions of his heart. Man in his natural state doesn’t realize how evil he is. By grace through faith in the finished work of Christ is how any enduring good happens.Ģ All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, Ultimately, we are all needy creatures who are dependent upon our Creator for life, breath, strength, and doing good (John 15:5). A man plans his way, but the Lord directs His steps (Proverbs 16:9). As God’s grace works in a humble heart that wants to practice the truth, God will reveal Himself through Christ to that heart (John 3:21). ![]() A man in his natural state will find that his wicked heart overtakes even the best laid plans and his most noble intentions. He ultimately deserves all the credit for how He works in and through His servants to do good. Man can think what he is going to think, but it requires the grace of God to be able to speak something honoring to God. But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
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