Daily Devotionals
Word of the day...
"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ"
Philippians 1:6 (KJV)
Without doubting, if one takes Paul's statement here as referring to God's work in their salvation process (sanctification), then the verb will perform undergirds the bedrock truth of the believer's eternal security. God worked a wonderful transformation in the Philippians when He first saved them
out of paganism and idolatry. Paul voices no concern that the God Who
began that work would desert them now. How comforting and reassuring to know that God is totally committed to the work He began in each of
our lives. Every believer can now wear the shirt (PBPGIFWMY) meaning "Please Be Patient. God Isn’t Finished With Me Yet." Oftentimes, when
we look in the mirror and deep into our own soul, we may not like what
we see, but it's then that we need to recall this great truth that God isn’t finished with us yet. We are God's works in progress, but our attitude should never be "Let go and let God". Paul presents the balancing truth charging each saint to "workout your salvation with fear and trembling (Man's Responsibility), for it is God Who is at work in you, both to will
and to work for His good pleasure (God's Sovereignty)." The good news
is that since God isn’t finished yet, we can have great hope. Also, since
God isn’t finished with us yet, He won’t allow us to stay the way we are. God will keep chipping away at us until we are conformed to the image
of Jesus Christ. Some of us have a long way to go. So if you find yourself stuck in the "miry clay" of personal discouragement and defeat be encouraged for God is not finished with you yet. If you’ve been sent to
the bench for a personal foul, learn the lesson God has for you and then
get back in the game.
"In the past there was God’s unchangeable purpose; in the present there
is God’s unlimited power; and in the future there is God’s unbreakable promise. This is God’s guarantee for the final preservation and perseverance of the saints. Salvation is all of God." He will perform it til1 Christ's Second comingto take His people home to heaven and probably also includes the Judgment Seat of Christ, when service for Him will be reviewed and rewarded.
Philipians 2:12-13 (KJV)
Wherefore, my beloved, as we have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Psalm 40:2 (KJV)
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Philippians 1:10 (KJV)
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
1 Corinthians 1:8 (KJV)
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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