The purpose of this ministry to see our calling in life to be an intense pursuit of God. But how do we reconcile our active pursuit of God with God's active pursuit of us? By remembering that we press on to know God because it's the essence of true faith--a faith given to us by God.
George Mueller is helpful in how our intense efforts should reflect intense trust in God who initiates them and makes them effective.
"Here is the great secret of success. Work with all your might; but trust not in the least in your work. Pray with all your might for the blessing of God; but work, at the same time, with all diligence, with all patience, with all perseverance. Pray then, and work. Work and pray. And still again pray, and then work. And so on all the days of your life. The result will surely be, abundant blessing. Whether you see much fruit or little fruit, such kind of service will be blessed. . . . Speak also for the Lord, as if everything depended on your exertions; yet trust not the least in your exertions, but in the Lord, who alone can cause your efforts to be made effectual, to the benefit of your fellow men or fellow believers. Remember, also, that God delights to bestow blessing, but, generally, as the result of earnest, believing prayer."
Pursue Christ with all-out effort, but trust not in your effort.
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