Yet salvation always involves our response. If the slaves in Egypt had not responded to the message that God was liberating them, they would be there still. If the exiles in Babylon had not set foot on their journey of return, they would be there still. If blind Bartimaeus had not called out, “Son of David, have compassion on me,” he would still be blind. Without our response, little or nothing will change in our lives or in the life of the world. Salvation is the work of God, and yet we must respond.
