God helps those who help themselves. God is Proof of Work.

Twetch ·

God helps those who help themselves.

God is Proof of Work.

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Twetch ·

in through helping myself as to be in a position to be of help to others

Twetch ·

At the risk of a troll-toll...
Here is a Piper comment on that:

Well, that is a kind of secular effort to express a biblical truth that secular people cannot understand and, therefore, they can’t say it right. What that is trying to say biblically is:

Twetch ·

God helps the weak and paralyzed and dead to help themselves so that in all our so-called self-help, God will get the glory because all our self-help turned out to be God-help. That is what they are trying to say. That is the biblical truth.

Stay bright!

Twetch ·

https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/strategies-for-when-life-seems-aimless

Piper’s not perfect (e.g., poor relationship with his own son), but he articulates we’ll. It's a decent short read/listen, especially if you ever find yourself a little “stuck.”