DEVOTION - Day 15

Philippians 1:6 (New International Version)

6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

This verse is one of the most encouraging one’s to me and is something that I try to reflect on often. What we see here is two main concepts – the first is that God is still working on us and the second is that there will be a day when His work will be complete in us. As we contemplate this verse today, may we find the wisdom that He is trying to speak into our lives.

It feels good to know that we are all still a work in process, doesn’t it? I mean, we all have areas of our lives where we are trying to do better and be better. But, it feels great to know that we are not expected to be perfect in our walk with God…only on the path towards it and open to the work that He is doing in us today.

The other thing that is an enormous encouragement to me is the fact that there will come a day when His work is complete in me. In other words, I will, one day, be perfect as He is perfect. I will realize a day when all of the things that I struggle with today will be no more. There will come a day when all of my hang ups and troubles will be no more. That day will be when Jesus comes to take all of His people home with Him.

For me, I try to run and run and run; and work and work and work; and focus and focus and focus, yet I still can’t seem to overcome some of the things that I would like ‘fixed’ in my life. I am constantly disappointed in my efforts because I often feel as though I should be further along in my maturing process than where I am today. But, this Scripture tells me that we are all work in processes. Even the ‘super-Spiritual’ man that I admire in our congregation is still being perfected by Jesus Christ.

Today, pray that God will allow you to accept your shortcomings. Not to be satisfied with them, but to accept them as part of the work He is doing in your life right now. Ask Him to give you the patience to wait on His timing before He perfects these areas in your life. And, finally, pray that He will help you live expectantly of that day when you will see Him face to face and finally be perfect.