And I am certain
that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it
is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns (Phil 1:6 – NLT).
This verse has been a great encouragement to me over the
years. Discouragement and disappoint affect us all at times. At one point in my
life, it seemed as though all that the Lord had done in me was for nothing. The
enemy attacked me with discouragement as I looked back at where I had been and
then looked at where I was at that time in my walk with the Lord. My goals had
not been realized. My plans had been hampered by circumstances beyond my
control.
I’ve found that the toughest times in life can actually
be the times of greatest spiritual growth. As fire tempers metal, difficulties
have a way of bringing the dross to the surface in us.
The Holy Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance. When
the Father brought you into His family, He placed a down payment within you.
The indwelling Holy Spirit is the guarantee that He will finish what He
started.
Listen to Him speak to you today:
The Lord will
perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake
the works of Your hands (Psalm 138:8). The path
of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till
the full light of day (Proverbs 4:18 - NIV). Therefore, my beloved, as you 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 who works in you both to will and to do for His
good pleasure (Philippians 2:12-13).
But we all, with unveiled face,
beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the
same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord (2
Corinthians 3:18).
The Lord is well able to finish what He started in you.
Don’t give up while in process!
AMEN!
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