My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to give ourselves to the work and to be faithful to him, and not to spoil his work by our shortcomings.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of faith in God and the need for personal dedication to his work without hindering it through personal flaws.
Isaac Jogues highlights that true confidence stems from trusting in God, who is capable of achieving his plans independently of human assistance. Our responsibility lies in dedicating ourselves to his endeavors and being faithful in our actions, ensuring that we do not obstruct his intentions through our own imperfections and shortcomings.
In practice
During a sermon, one might bring up this quote to inspire the congregation about faith and commitment.
God will not turn away from doing you good. He will keep on doing good. He doesn't do good to His children sometimes and bad to them other times. He keeps on doing good and He never will stop doing good for ten thousand ages of ages. When things are going bad that does not mean God has stopped doing good. It means He is shifting things around to get them in place for more good, if you will go on loving Him.
Prayer is the hand of faith on the door knob of your heart, inviting Jesus to enter.
God's grace is at its best in weakness, so we need never fear our weakness. In fact, these weaknesses will determine in what way we shall glorify God for all eternity.
A man with God is always in the majority.
God's guidance will require patience on our part. His leading is not usually a direct assurance, a revelation, but His sovereign controlling of the circumstances of our lives, with the Word of God as our rule. It is therefore, inevitable that the unfolding of His purposes will take time - sometimes a very long time.
My entire theology can be condensed into four words, 'JESUS DIED FOR ME'.
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