He Will Do It

 

DEVOTION

THE 1^ST LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS

HE WILL DO IT

1 Thess 5:23-24

23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.

NIV

As we take a look at this statement, we need to see it from the last words to the first words. He will do it. That means we are not doing it, it is not up to us to make it happen and what we need to do is simply believe it is true. So now to look at what is going to take place. It is God, himself, the God of peace, who has sanctified us. He is the one and the only one who can declare us sacred, holy, to cleanse and purify us. If we think we can do any of that we deceive ourselves. Although we might be able to partnership with him in separating us from anything profane and dedicate ourselves to God, to consecrate ourselves, however, the major role in that is God’s. We only go along with Him in the work he is doing in us through and through. Perhaps the part we may be able to do is stay away from the cookie jar. That is to not put ourselves in harm’s way, or in a situation of temptation. If God told us we should not have any cookies, and we went and sat in front of the cookie jar, what are we thinking? Oh, those cookies sure look good and we know they have to taste good, maybe just one would do us any harm. Stay away from the cookie jar! That is the part we can do. However, there are times we simply work right near the cookie jar, we can’t get away from it, so we need to know and live as if God has declared us sacred and holy through and through. Our whole spirit, soul, and body are being kept blameless by Christ Jesus. Because we are in Christ, God sees us in that blameless state. There is absolutely no condemnation of our whole spirit, soul, and body for we are safe and secure in Christ Jesus. Although we may falter from time to time, in that we are still in this human form that is weak, God is always faithful, He has absolutely no flaws, no imperfections, and He will do it. He will sanctify us through and through, He will and has declared us holy and blameless in his sight, therefore we should live with that truth, understanding that it is God who started this work in us, and it is God who us doing the work in us, and it is God who will complete His work in us. He is faithful and he will do it.