Jesus works with us. Have you noticed that too? He converses with our spirits, and He walks with us as we give what we have to offer—and He waits for more. He works goodness out of us through continual interaction.

This is the grace of God: that He hears us when we say we are concerned, that His ear is toward us when we say that we need help, that He makes the way for us when we don’t see the path forward. In all of these ways He works with us.

But I mean even something more—something I am just now learning experientially about Him. He does not give up on us when we are struggling to obey. He does not leave us when we are wresting and don’t have the perfect response to give to Him.

He works with me—He works goodness out of me, and doesn’t leave. It’s a grace that He affords that makes me marvel. For He deserves everything, immediately. But when I struggle, when I wrestle, when it takes me some time to obey, He still stays. Gracious God! Why does He stay with someone like me? But He does. He does. He does.

And I yearn for the immediate and perfect obedience of glory, and for immediate obedience here.