One of our most important spiritual blessings is the understanding that we can do nothing for God, but we can do anything through God. That’s a difficult statement to comprehend because we think from an earthly perspective.

Our world is transactional. We pay a certain amount of money and expect to receive what we paid for. We work hard and expect to earn a paycheck. The ways of God are not transactional because God’s ways transcend this world.

God doesn’t need us, but he knows we need him. God chooses to use our lives because it’s what is best for us now and eternally. God doesn’t need our money, but he knows we need to give our money away in order to live our best life now and in heaven. God doesn’t need our praise, but he understands that our praise will cause us to comprehend his sovereignty. We can do nothing for God because he is already able to do everything perfectly.

God is unlimited, yet he often chooses to limit himself to our free will. God cannot bless our choices unless we have a choice.

We achieve God’s blessings because we choose to abound in every good work. We are sufficient when God is our sufficiency. We accomplish good work when we allow God to work through us. We can do nothing for God, but we can do anything through him.

Our best ideas are not always God-ideas. Our talents and abilities are not the same as our spiritual gifts. We must question the source. Are we motivated by God and talented because of his strength? Are we “self-sufficient,” or are we utterly aware that our sufficiency is all in God?

Living with wisdom is a path to God’s blessings. Wisdom is knowing that our service for God is accomplished through God, not ourselves. Will we wisely allow God to be our sufficiency in the days to come? God doesn’t need us, but we desperately need him if we want to live on his path of blessing.