“But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”” James 4:6(ESV) “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Timothy 1:17(ESV)
The Proud:
If you tried to do something and you took all self efforts, pain and achieved; then where is God in this? You should praise yourself and do not say God did it. God has nothing to do in this. Because you never consulted Him, waited for His instructions and followed them with the help of the power He gives by the Holy Spirit to finish the work. If God should get the glory let everything is done by God and nothing of you. If your efforts are involved more; then that is pride.
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20(ESV) It is all about Jesus who lives in us.
You give all authority to choose and allow Jesus to work through you in His Power to do all that you got to do. Then you can do things supernaturally and God gets all the glory because it is impossible otherwise to do that on your own strength. This way if you can connect with God’s Power you can do things effortlessly and effectively too. Toil is a curse given to Adam. You should yoke yourself with Christ Jesus and learn from Him how to be gentle and lowly in heart. And learn to do everything by keeping your heart and soul at rest.
Jesus said, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”” Matthew 11:28-30(ESV) Everything is done in rest.
The Vine & The Branches:
Jesus gave the example of vine tree stating that He is the vine and we are the branches. The vine tree supplies the sap with all nutrients and the branches got only to support the fruits without much effort. That is why Jesus said it would be easy and light if you work with Him. And without Him you can do nothing good.
““I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5(ESV) Flesh loves to do all things and be proud about it but Jesus is saying you should walk with me connected in Spirit to work for the Kingdom of God; otherwise your fruits will not remain. “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” John 15:16(ESV) It feels like we chose God but actually He chose us that is why we are in the kingdom of God, so we should totally do His Will finding out what it is and do with God’s Power working through us. That is why it is all about God and He gets all the glory and nothing of us!
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:3-6(ESV)
Glory belongs to God!