God’s Good Work

 

Philippians 1:6 “… being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

When you give your life to Christ a “good work” has begun. First of all, you are forgiven of every sin you have ever committed. The proverbial slate has been wiped clean. You have begun to think differently. You have begun to act differently. People start to notice that something is different about you. Your conscience is clear. You have been justified … “just as if I’d never sinned”. But maintaining that initial freshness of salvation requires work on your part. Life can be a cruel task master. Your senses become bombarded with things from all directions.  The enemy of your soul knows your weak spots and isn’t afraid to head straight for them. So here is a question for you. Do you think once you give your life to Christ He is going to leave you to your own devices? 

That “good work” that Christ began in you the day you received Him is still going on. Every day new challenges come your way. How are you supposed to act? What do you say? What would the Lord do in this situation? Or perhaps you don’t consider any of those things and just wing it based on “what you know” from your life experience. Understand that God doesn’t go anywhere. Scripture tells us that He “neither slumbers, nor does He sleep”. He is constantly mindful of all things that concern you. And He will never let you go wandering off unless that is what you really decide you want. Even then He is there, watching. He knows how everything turns out. He is in the past; He is in the present and He is in the future. He is walking with you where you are right now, and He is standing at the end of the road. He is working this “good work” in you all the time. 

In past writings I have shared that God knows everything about you so utterly and completely that no one could ever know you any better. Like a mechanic who works on something he has built from scratch, He knows His creation inside and out. He knows what you need and is adding things to your character as time goes by. Be assured that God has no intention of giving up on you. He will never drop you off by the side of the road. If you end up on the side of the road it has been by your own choosing. If you dedicate your life to being all God wants you to be then you will realize all that God has for you.

According to our verse today, He will never stop applying layers until Christ returns. If God does not seem to be near, you have to ask the question “where did I go?” because God is all around us and hasn’t gone anywhere. He IS and WILL complete the work He has begun in you. Don’t fight it. Succumb to it. Allow Him to make you everything He knows you can be in Christ. Until next time, walk with the King & be a blessing.

In His Name & for His Glory,

RL Keller

Bread of Life Ministries