God’s Good Work In Us

-October 3, 2023-

Good morning, happy Tuesday,

“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.”

(Philippians 1:6).

God works in our lives. from the moment we get saved until we enter His presence in glory. His goal is to present us complete in Christ and conformed to His image. Thus we are a work in progress. He isn’t finished with us yet.

We may feel our progress is slow, but God knows what He is doing. He teaches us, tests us, and trains us by His love, mercy, and grace. He never gives up on us no matter how many times we fail. He wants the very best for us.

When God created the world and all living things, He saw that it was good. Four times in Genesis chapter 1 we read, “And God saw it was good” (Genesis 1:10, 18, 21, 25). When He created man, the crowing jewel of His creation, “He saw that it was very good.” He did all this in six days.

It took one day to make a person in His image, but it takes a lifetime to make him or her like His Son. He is the Master Sculptor who makes the masterpieces of His grace. It is a good work in us that enables us to do a good work for Him. Just as when an artist finishes his beautiful product for others to see, so too, God will display us for all eternity. Now, He visualizes us not as we are now, but what we will be. He is so patient with us in all with our frailties, foibles, and failures.

Have a blessed day learning in God’s school. We may have a long ways to go, but it seems with signs of the times as they are, graduation day is approaching fast. Stay safe and healthy.

If God doesn’t give up on us, we shouldn’t give up on each other,

Dean