One of the great gifts of being a child of God is his ongoing transformation of our lives. Paul tells the Philippians that God does not simply provide an escape hatch from Hell, He works to transform us into His image. Paul says in vs. 6, “He that has begun a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” When we understand that God’s gift of salvation not only justifies us from eternal death but, it also sanctifies us during our walk through this life; then we can treasure the trials and temptations we face daily in our walks with the Lord.
In our current culture, we have come to expect instant gratification. We do not want to wait, we simply want all things done now. We live as if we are happy to be saved, but, if the truth was known, we do not want to go through the sanctification process. It is like refining a precious metal. It is hot, hard and slow in coming. We have to face many things we would rather not. In the end, however, we will become the new creations God has promised and we will have a life of peace and purpose. We must never regret the process of being refined. We need to expect it to continue until the Lord calls us home. We need to accept the refining and understand that the end of the process produces a life that will be amazing.
God Bless You
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,
To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons[a]:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. 8 God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
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