Episode 373 - Show Notes:
- God is at work in your life. He is building something beautiful. He is patient and not in a hurry. Incrementally, step by step, God continues his work in our lives. No matter how long you have known the Lord, he is still at work in your life. His goal, of course, is to make us like his son, Jesus. This lifelong process will continue until one day we meet the Lord face to face.
- He always finishes what he starts. He does nothing halfway. He never gives up. He doesn’t quit. He doesn’t throw in the towel. God completes his tasks. This truth should encourage us to know that while we struggle in many ways, God doesn’t give up on us. He continues his work. The theological term for this is the word sanctification. It’s the process of becoming all God wants us to become.
- I’m aware that spiritual growth can be very discouraging at times. It’s like climbing Mount Everest, the closer you get to the top, the farther away it seems. But God has a reason for all this. He wants us to depend on him for everything in life. He designed life so that it works only when he is in total charge of everything. When we try to run the show—which we often do—things just begin to fall apart. If the Christian life is left to us, we will always fail. Only God can give us what we need to be victorious.
- Trust that God is faithfully at work in your life, even if you don’t see it at the moment. Sometimes our vision is cloudy. Sometimes life feels like you are driving at night during fog conditions. You can barely see where you are going. Just because we can’t see him at the moment, doesn’t mean he has abandoned us.
Philippians 1:6 - “I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”
Psalm 138:8 - “The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me.”
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