Always Abounding

Believers are instructed in 1 Corinthians 15:58 to be "always abounding in the work of the Lord". We too often take that to mean always doing something we think is productive. But consider the following: First that means to desperately trust the Lord to will and do what only He can. Always engaged in trusting God in everything. This will lead to action, but will not be driven by it. His power at work in you drives action. We make choices to act based on truth. His does His work through us. Our error lies in our mistaken ideas of sufficiency and independent autonomy. We are always dependently desperate for God to act on our behalf, while simultaneously taking action. As 14-year-old Mattie Ross wrote to her mother in the movie True Grit, "The Author of all things watches over me, and I have a fine horse". Trust God and make a wise, godly, Christ-honoring move.