“GOD’S COMPLETE WORK OF SALVATION - Part II”
Philippians 1:6
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.
There
is nothing that will build confidence in a believer’s heart like knowing that
God is continually at work in your heart.
He’s planted a foundation. He’s
been building on that foundation. One
day He will complete the work He started.
Every day draws us a little closer to that final goal.
You
see, God is not a quitter. He never
leaves a job half done. Many of us do.
We start a project with a big spurt of energy.
That energy goes well for a while, then we grow weary and lay the
project aside with good intentions of picking it up later and completing
it. I have some unfinished projects
around the house. I’ve got a viable
excuse. My stroke has prevented me from
finishing the tasks. However - I wonder
if I would have ever finished them otherwise!
There’s
one thing I do know - I am not an unfinished project. God has laid me aside, but He is still perfecting His plan in my
life. Some days I wonder what He
is doing - - but I never doubt that He is doing!
Beloved
friends in Christ, do you often find yourself in this syndrome of life? You know God is at work in your life, but
for the life of you, you can’t figure out what He is up to? Oh, we know generally that through our
circumstances He is conforming us to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ (Romans
8:29). We just can’t figure out where
He is in the process! In II Corinthians
3:18 Paul tells us that we are being changed from glory to glory, by the Spirit
of the Lord.
One
day all of this work will be completed - when we see Him face to face. In I John 3:2 we read:
We know that when we see Him we shall be like Him for
we shall see Him as He is.
That,
my friends, will be a glorious day. We
rejoice in what He is doing now - but it’s not to be compared to what we shall
be. We should be longing for that day.
Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing
of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:13
“Even
so, come quickly, Lord Jesus!” Amen.
Love to you all.