I give up

"For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." Philippians 2:13

I was reminded of this verse this morning.  It is good news.

Also, some sisters introduced me to a new song this week.  It is called Abide by Jenny and Tyler (look it up on YouTube, it's good).  Here's the first verse:

You strive, o man, and you strive again, your heart too proud to rest
You labor on, singing those songs, to cover your weakness
Do you fail to recall who you really are and Who caused you to be?
Return o man; return and rest, to a burden light and yoke easy

I continue to feel burdened and conflicted, but I choose to believe that it is God who causes me to will and to desire to do His will.  So, I must also believe that He will be the One to cause me to work for His good pleasure.  I choose to stop striving.  I choose to return.  I choose to rest.  So, in a sense, I give up.  I give up trying to manufacture that which the Spirit must produce in me and through me.  I give up trying to be the "good Christian."  The labor of God is to trust in the Son.  So, I choose to wait on my God, knowing that He will prompt me to do what He wants me to do when He wants me to do it.