God’s sovereignty doesn’t negate our responsibility. Just the opposite. It empowers it. When we trust God, we think more clearly and react more decisively. Like Nehemiah, who said, “We prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat” (Nehemiah 4:9 NIV). We prayed . . . and posted. We trusted and acted. Trust God to do what you can’t. Obey God and do what you can.
God Will Carry You Through, Thomas Nelson, 2013, pp.78-179.