GOD WORKING IN US
Phil. 2:13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire to
obey him and the power to do what pleases him.
NLT
If your heart is right
with God, there will be no doubt as to where your heart is. You will want to obey the Lord and you will
have within you the power to get it done.
The Lord never stops working to help you live a life pleasing and
acceptable to Him. Isn’t that unbelievably
good news?
Your desire to obey
the Lord is directly tied to your desire for Him. If you are struggling with obedience and
applying His Word to your life, you need to re-examine your heart before
Him. It is easy to allow sin to creep in
or to become complacent towards Him. The
Lord will not force His way into our lives or make us obey Him. We must allow Him to work in us and then
willfully cooperate with Him in what He is doing.
We can live according
to Biblical standards. We can please God
in the way we live out our lives. Anyone
can do it if they have the desire to do so because God has the power to enable
them to do it. God never takes up
residence in the heart and sits there, doing nothing. He is always working to make us holy. He is always at work to change us and make us
one with Him in purpose. He is always at
work to change our attitudes and behavior to be more in line with the Word.
If you are not aware
of the working of God in your heart, you need to humble yourself before Him and
renew your commitment to Him. You should
see obvious changes in the way you live and think. You cannot go on living in Christ without Him
making significant changes in you. Do
not be satisfied with being who you are.
Ask the Lord to continuously change you into the person He has created
you to be, a humble and holy servant of God.
Christ in me makes
all the difference in the world!
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