God’s Gracious Gifts and Our Humility
How good, how gracious, how merciful God is! He gave us life, with all of its temporal blessings; he gave his only begotten Son to die in our behalf; through that Son, he gives us cleansing, wisdom, and power. While in reality we are poor bond-slaves, bought with the blood of Christ, God counts us as friends, and gives us the liberty of sons. While we have no strength or wisdom to do his work, he gives us both, and accepts the work from our hands as our own. While we are only stewards of his generous gifts, he accepts what we render back to him as something to be rewarded. We can do nothing, give nothing, and yet God counts it as our doing, as our giving. What a precious knowledge! It ought not to lead to exaltation, but humiliation.