"For it is God who is at work in you, enabling you
both to will and to work for His good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13)
God is at work in you is an explosive, earth-shaking, and
life-changing truth. … At this very moment, whoever and wherever you are,
something beyond our full comprehension is taking place within your life and
mine. The infinite God of love has chosen to become resident within you and to
work within you for pure good. Since God is pure goodness and has no ulterior
motives, we can trust, embrace, and cooperate with the divine work going on
within us and every child of God. Once we accept this truth and fully embrace
this Divine Presence within us, many other things become clear and possible. We
can listen to and follow the guidance of the One who made us, loves us, and is
able to lead us in the way of God. We can hear and respond to the Divine call
to communion and community with the present and living God. We can hear and
respond to the call to faithfulness and service because we are no longer on our
own, but the power and the presence of the God at work within us is ready,
available, and capable to form, transform and shape us into the beautiful,
faithful, and good persons we were created to become. We can now walk through
each day without fear because we remember that we do not walk alone but always
with the companionship and help of the One who is now at work within us. Let’s
remember and remind each other often of this radical and revolutionary truth.
-- Reuben P. Job in When
You Pray
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