"Walk in what
I've given you to master at this moment."
I wrestle with God.
A lot. I try too hard, but that
is only because I don't want to fail Him.
I've even heard Him tell me in my spirit..."You're trying too hard." And I said, "But I want to try hard
because I want to please you so badly."
I wrestle with Him.
I know that God sees my heart, but my own reasoning tells
me that's not enough. My reasoning tells
me to "work out your salvation with
fear and trembling..." (Phil 2:12).
My reasoning tries to align itself with God's word. Which means I'm doing it backwards. I'm approaching God's word through the lens
of my own reasoning and that will always leave me frustrated. Instead of trying to align my reasoning with
God's word, I need to just leave out my own reasoning altogether because God's
word can stand on Its own. And when I
let God's word stand on its own, I am able to focus on the other half of Phil
2:12 which continues on to say "...for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for
His good pleasure."
And there you have it:
"Work out your salvation with
fear and trembling, for it is God Who is at work in you, both to will and to
work for His good pleasure." It
is God Who is at work in me. My job is
to submit. My job is to obey. My job is to search His word and live
accordingly. My job is to get victory in
the area of my life He has set in my heart to work on.
Get victory in the area of your life God has set in your
heart to work on. Submit to God in the
areas that He is convicting you about.
Hearken to His voice of instruction, for it is He Who is at work in you. Abide in Christ by keeping His
commandments. Meditate on His words, for
in them you will find truth and life.
Walk in what God has given you to master at this moment.
"From Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every
false way. Your word is a lamp to my
feet And a light to my path." (Ps
119:104,105)
"You
do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.... and you are unwilling to
come to Me so that you may have life." (John
5:38,40)
"I am the
vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much
fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does
not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather
them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned." (John 15:6)
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