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Philippians 1:6
“being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a god work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
They say that good things take time but to be completely and utterly transformed into the likeness of Jesus takes a lifetime. I will never reach perfection until I meet Jesus face to face at the gates of eternal paradise but this by no means indicates that He will keep me at a standstill. In fact, with confidence I am able to state that by His gracious hand, a good work has indeed begun within me and will continue as long as I remain willing. I have recently been reading “The Making of a Man of God”, written by Alan Redpath, which gives a clear summary of what having a willing heart looks like, stating: “Let a man be right with God, reconciled through the blood of the cross, humbled at the foot of Calvary; let him be broken, coming to God guilty and hopeless and needy; and at that moment God takes hold of him and transforms and uses all his gifts and qualities, until that man becomes a mighty influence.” To remain willing means being humbled before the Lord, accepting that I can do absolutely nothing in my own strength and admitting that I need a Savior to save me from myself. With my willingness to surrender, the Lord has given me such freedom in many areas that I was incapable of conquering. Through His overflowing Spirit, I am no longer in bondage to a past that has kept me suffocated in fear and trembling for far too long. With the amount of blessings that have been poured out on me, I can give nothing but thanksgiving to the One whose gracious hand has been upon me. 

Application
Everyday this week, I will take a picture of a good thing to remind me that the Lord is doing a good work in my life. 

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