Believers in God don’t sit around waiting on God to provide everything for them!
No, that would be sluggishness (laziness), and it is not the role we find endorsed by God in Scripture. God expects us to work! It would be misrepresentative of Scripture to believe it’s all about what God can do for us when so much is about what we can do for God!

God expects us to do our part in providing physical and spiritual nourishment. God has given mankind a working role since the beginning (Genesis 2:15). Throughout Scripture, we find being a sluggard condemned while effort has been rewarded (Matthew 25:24-30).

Working toward righteous goals often requires much patience. We may never see the full results of our efforts in this life. Even so, through ongoing, consistent, and unrelenting effort, we can be confident that working for good will reap a harvest in due time; if we do not quit.

How can we know this? Because God tells us so.

“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart” (Galatians 6:9).

If we do our part, God will always do His!

See: Genesis 2:15; Matthew 25:24–30; Galatians 6:9; Proverbs 18:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; Proverbs 26:14; Proverbs 26:16; Proverbs 24:30–31; Mark 16:15–16; Proverbs 6:6–11; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 21:25; Ephesians 4:28; Colossians 3:23; 1 Corinthians 15:58.

(Several proverbs address sluggards.)

God First!