Bible Verse of The Day – 2-21-20

Philippians 2:12 (NKJV) 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

As I was beginning my day today, I was pondering on various things of God. I wasn’t thinking about any one thing in particular. Just the things of God in general.

As I was doing so, this verse came shooting into my spirit, like a rocket. More specifically, it was the latter part, “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling”.

Let’s talk about this truth for a minute or two.

As we taught recently in our series on understanding the fear of God, if we are His child, we don’t need to walk around with dreadful fear that God is going to strike us down.

But this particular piece of scripture does show us that we need to take seriously our walk with God, our relationship with Him, our eternal salvation.

You see, nobody else can do this for us. No one can “get us into heaven”, so to speak.

People can pray for us, share God’s love and mercy with us and even teach us about salvation. But in the end, the responsibility for our eternal destiny, and our walk with God while we are here on earth, lies solely in our hands.

We have to make the choice to follow Him, and then endeavor to grow our relationship with Him.

We encourage you to take this seriously and do whatever is necessary to draw near to God and learn of Him. He is not harsh or hard. And His mercy endures forever.

Matthew 11:29 (NKJV) 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

And as we look at verse 13, which is actually the tail end of verse 12, above, we start to get the bigger picture.

Philippians 2:13 (NKJV) 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

God works in us through the Holy Spirit, prompting us and guiding us daily to intentionally and purposefully make right choices.

Why? For His good pleasure. To fulfill His purpose for us here on earth.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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