Psalm 138:8
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me
If He doesn't, who could?
“The Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord's work. It is the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is he who has carried it on; and if he does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there be one stitch in the celestial garment of our righteousness which we are to insert ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the Lord who began will perfect. He has done it all, must do it all, and will do it all. Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do.” — Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ
No confidence can be located in our ability to complete by ourselves what God by His grace began by Himself.
Isaiah 26:12
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
The good of us which God requires, He works within us to complete.
“Lord command what you will and grant what you command!” — St. Augustine of Hippo
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