Most people do not see a significant change in their lives. Because they wait for things to get better or are afraid to take the necessary action to make things better. That is, in both options they do nothing, they are inert in the face of the situation.

Pay close attention, life will only change when you change your actions when you do something different. More of the same will only bring more of the same result. However, these two actions – the action of waiting for things to improve or the action of being afraid (you know what to do, but you are afraid to do it or too lazy to do it) – are the most common attitudes of human beings. As we are naturally creatures of habit, we tend to do the same things every day, don’t we? Because you got into a routine. You have entered a Ferris wheel and the wheel is turning. And you are there. And at the same time, you are at the wheel, you are complaining about it. From time to time, things improve, because, at the wheel, whoever is down there today, in a little while, will be up there. Tomorrow they will have a better view. In a little while, you are back at the bottom of the wheel. You complain. It’s always the same thing. But you’re the one on the Ferris wheel. It was you who entered the wheel. You just do the same things over and over. Or you’re hoping that, for some random reason, your life will get better. Or God will do something for you and things will get better.

But in Philippians, chapter 2, verse 13, it says that God is the one who works both to will and to do, according to His good pleasure. See that God does not do things for us. He does things in us, through us. But He doesn’t force anyone. He puts the drive in us. He puts faith and availability. He often operates an intuition, which is “to will”. You have the urge to do something different. But at the same time that God’s drive comes, so does human doubt. Then fear and laziness come.

When God puts the to will, He also puts the “to do”. In other words, the power to put that will into practice. The problem is that we want things ready and done in our hands. We want a God who will come as a man, with a red cape, and rescue us in times of danger. That’s what we want: a superhero God. And God is not a superhero. God is a Father, God is a friend, he is a guide, God is a guide, he is a companion. God gives the strategy and gives the faith to act. But He doesn’t work for us, He works in us.

So if you are in this inertia of waiting for things to get better or afraid to take the necessary action for things to change, wake up now! God is putting in you to will and to do, according to His good pleasure. What are you going to do with it now? With this information? Are you going to turn the page and go about your day like yesterday, like every other day, or are you going to do something different today?