…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 (Philippians
2:12-13).
Being born
again, the life of Christ is in you, but you have to let the Christ-life in you
be manifested to your world. You have to “work out” your salvation;
that means
act your salvation; put it to work; make it effectual. The Word says, “For it
is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians
2:13). That means both the willingness and the drive to live a godly
life, and make your salvation effective, come from the Lord.
God in you is the Holy Spirit. Therefore,
the Holy Spirit works in you, to make your salvation effective. He makes you
willing, ready, and able to do the Word. Now, this doesn’t suggest that you sit
back and say, “I’m just going to wait until God makes me say or do something”;
no! What He’s talking about here is your cooperation with the Holy Spirit as He
carries out His ministry in you. He has a job to do in you; He’s called to go
with you, and work in you, but you have to let Him do His job by fellowshipping with Him.
The more you
fellowship with Him, the more He’s able to guide and lead you in the will of
God. That’s when He can prompt you or set you upon your feet as He did to
Ezekiel (Ezekiel
2:2; Ezekiel 3:24). He can cause you to get up and go somewhere, do
or say something, and you’d be aware that He’s the one making you do it. He
makes you willing, and He makes you perform! Recognize Him as the One at work
in you.
As you set out
on your endeavours today, bless your day and say, “Blessed Holy Spirit, I thank
you for you’re at work in me, both to will and to do of your good pleasure!
You’ll cause me to triumph gloriously today!” Halleluiah!
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for the
indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit in me, and the fulfillment of His
glorious ministry in my life. I have wisdom to do your will, and fulfill your
destiny for me today, because I’m counseled from within! I know what to do,
when to do what to do, and how to do what to do, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Ezekiel
3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake
with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. ;
Acts
8:29-31 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this
chariot. 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet
Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can
I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up
and sit with him.
Enjoy your beautiful day
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