Work, Work, Work

DEVOTION

PHILIPPIANS

WORK, WORK, WORK


Phil 2:12-13

12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed — not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence — continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
NIV

Work you say, work out, you say, work out your own salvation. What just a minute! I thought that was a gift from God. Did I not go down to the alter and give my life to him? Did I not confess my one and only sin and repent, determining I would never do that again? I am sure all that happened and yet here I am told I have to work out my salvation for myself. I thought I was saved by grace and not by works, least I boast. True enough but I must continue the journey. I must walk the walk, and move from that moment in time, which is history, and not only live the present, but move into the future.

I most grow and mature in my understanding and my attitudes and actions as I live my life out loud in front of a depraved and lost world. This is my work; this is my vocation, my calling, my place. This is working out my own salvation, continuing to move forward and onward with my Lord and Savior, becoming more and more submissive to his leading, and more and more dependent on him. I must work, work, work.