Don't Grab Those Bootstraps - Ephesians 2:1-10
I’ve heard it, “pick yourself up by your bootstraps,” but I have also heard it come across as “pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” It pretty much means the same. It means that you should improve your situation by fixing it yourself. That’s all well and good if you are like me and wear boots with bootstraps. However, what is a person supposed to do that wears clogs or tennis shoes, high-heels or flip-flops, or operates in my preferred mode, barefoot? So maybe we should seek out some advice that is a little more comprehensive? Maybe something Biblical? How about this? “God helps those who helps themselves.” Can anyone tell me where this particular statement about God appears in God’s Word? If you said, “Nowhere,” you are right. This often quoted statement, attributed to God, and mistaken as Biblical, is of uncertain origin. Some suggest it is from Benjamin Franklin and some trace its origins as far back as ancient Greece a...