Verse of the Day 12/12
Philippians 2:13 For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose. Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
I had a rough night last night with nerve pain that runs from my shoulder down my arm and into my hand making my fingers numb. When I got up to go through my devotions, the first verse I read was today's verse in a devotional from David Jeremiah. Is God working through me in this pain?
David Jeremiah writes, "We may not worship God for the pain, but we can certainly worship Him because He is in control of our life; He has a purpose and knows the outcome. Trust in God's purposes which He reveals in worship."
Yes, I've had this pain for the past couple of weeks. But what about the rest of my life? God has been good and He is good. What I need to to is to trust that He has a purpose and knows the outcome.
Reading the passage from The Message also encourages to look past the current challenges. Yes, I want relief from the pain and I trust in Him for the relief. In the meantime, I am thankful for the health that I've had and will lean on Him through this time. Look at how Paul describes it in The Message.
"Do everything readily and cheerfully—no bickering, no second-guessing allowed! Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light-giving Message into the night so I'll have good cause to be proud of you on the day that Christ returns. You'll be living proof that I didn't go to all this work for nothing." Philipians 2:14-16 The Message
Blessings,
Mike
Philippians 2:13-16 The Message (MSG)
Rejoicing Together
12-13 What I'm getting at, friends, is that you should simply keep on doing what you've done from the beginning. When I was living among you, you lived in responsive obedience. Now that I'm separated from you, keep it up. Better yet, redouble your efforts. Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure.
14-16 Do everything readily and cheerfully—no bickering, no second-guessing allowed! Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light-giving Message into the night so I'll have good cause to be proud of you on the day that Christ returns. You'll be living proof that I didn't go to all this work for nothing.
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