He's Still Working On You

Good Morning,

Philippians 1:6 (NASB)
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

Today we read one of my favorite Bible verses. A verse which gives me a huge amount of hope when things aren't going as I wished they were, when life seems to be getting more and more difficult each day. These words help me when I seem to be spinning my wheels and just not getting the things done that I feel I should be getting done. This thought from Paul about how God is still working on me...when I surely know I need more work done on me.

I would pray that we all take these words to heart and remember them when what we're doing doesn't seem to be very effective. Yes, we'd all like to be perfect in what we do, and especially in those things we do in service to the Lord. But, the fact is, we're NOT perfect, and we will never BE perfect...in this life. That doesn't mean, however, that God isn't still working His miracles inside us to do what we are called to do. Not achieving the degree of expertise in some ministry that we feel we should have, doesn't mean that we don't go ahead and take on or continue in that ministry, because that's when God will do His greatest work in us. As Paul also said, "That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Cor. 12:10) He said this, of course, because he knew that God would continue to do the work needed in him. Paul did have that sincere belief and hope...just as we should have.

Take these words and etch them into your mind and heart today. God is NOT done with you! He's not done working on any of us and He will, as we read, "perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus."

Love, peace, and blessings,

David