A Good Work In You

Spirit & Life Devotional
Wednesday, June 10
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

A Good Work In You

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."

I didn't get proper understanding of this verse until recently: what comes to mind when we read it is, "He who has begun a good work in your life". Our focus is often on what He is doing around us, we think of material blessings, etc, not thinking much about what He's doing in us.

God is doing a good work in us! Hallelujah! And that's the most important thing, really; He's making us better, stronger, wiser, more and more like Him. I think Peter enlightened us on some of the good work that God is doing in us when he said, "giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love." God is working in us, all the time, as we yield to Him, making these a reality.

Philippians 2.13 says God is working in us, both to will and to do for His good pleasure. He's perfecting us, making us more willing, more obedient, more understanding, more loving, more faithful, more compassionate, etc. And we are confident, that He who has begun this good work in us will complete it. Amen.

Twitter: @PastorChinae
PIN:52EDCD5B