If you're a hard worker & do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don't call your wages a gift. But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it's something only God can do, & you trust Him to do it - you could never do it yourself no matter how hard & long you worked- well that trusting-Him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift (Rom. 4:4-5 Message)
Two points here. One- Salvation is a free gift. You can't do anything to earn it. You can accept the gift or deny it but it's your choice. God has made it available to everyone who wants to accept it. To receive it you need to accept Jesus as your Lord & Savior & ask Him to forgive your sins. It's that simple. Once you have done that, the Holy Spirit will work in your life to accomplish His purpose. The second point is we need to find something bigger than us that God wants to accomplish through us. Don't put limits on God. Ask Him to show you what that is. He delights in doing "impossible" things through ordinary people so that everyone knows that it had to come from Him. Raise your expectation level. Have faith in God! Quit thinking of why you can't do something & start thinking why He can! He is the Most High God! Allow Him to show that through you!
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