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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Recognizing Your Circumstances And Take Responsibility


A lot of people live their lives just totally trusting in God.  Now don't get me wrong, I think that is a good thing.  But even a good thing can be taken too far.  I think we need to take as much responsibility for ourselves as we can, and then leave the rest up to God.  In my opinion too many people abdicate their own responsibilities when they leave it "all" up to God.

Here is just one Scripture to back up this point of view.

Mark 3:9(NKJV)
9So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him. 

Here is my point.  We know that God isn't going to let anything happen to Jesus until the appointed time, right?  Jesus knows that as well, or at least He is probably pretty sure of it.  And yet as Jesus looked around He could see that He was in a situation that could turn or get out of control quickly.  So what did he do?

Did He just figure God would take care of it?  No.  Jesus made contingency plans.  I think we can take this as an example to follow.  God's got better things to do than take care of every little thing for us.  Let's do more of what we can for ourselves so that God has more time to focus on others who really need Him.  We can rest assured that He will be there for us when we really need him as well! 

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