Philippians 2:12,
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Working out your own salvation, brings the Christ in you to the forefront of dailey living. There is going to be times when life is cruising along, and there is going to be times when life's situations need Christ to come to the forfront of that situation.
You understand that your spiritual growth is not only for your own well being but is for others as well. The time you spend prepping for life and renewing your mind is not just for you. It may be as simple as where you buy your gas or food shop or any circumstance. But one day where you buy your gas or food shop you see a tear in the eye of the one you buy from and have friended.
What is your salvation at a moment like that, to work out of you, Christ who is your salvation comes to the forefront and can address the need. He may come out of you as a comforter or a kind word or a giver or a healer, or a witness. Regardless it is Christ being worked out of you for humanity, "greater works shall you do because I go to the father." What is the greater works; Christ being worked out of each individual in the body of Christ. The good news is it is not men that are healers or prophets or pastors or what nots, it is Christ alive in the believer that does the doing.
I was told I was this and I was told I was that because of family lineage, until one day the Spirit revealed to me it was not me at all but it was Christ in believers that handled life's situations.
What a relief not to have to perform is an understatement, now the believer can be themselves and not what people think they should be but everything God made them to be with Christ-life expression, glory to God!
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Working out your own salvation, brings the Christ in you to the forefront of dailey living. There is going to be times when life is cruising along, and there is going to be times when life's situations need Christ to come to the forfront of that situation.
You understand that your spiritual growth is not only for your own well being but is for others as well. The time you spend prepping for life and renewing your mind is not just for you. It may be as simple as where you buy your gas or food shop or any circumstance. But one day where you buy your gas or food shop you see a tear in the eye of the one you buy from and have friended.
What is your salvation at a moment like that, to work out of you, Christ who is your salvation comes to the forefront and can address the need. He may come out of you as a comforter or a kind word or a giver or a healer, or a witness. Regardless it is Christ being worked out of you for humanity, "greater works shall you do because I go to the father." What is the greater works; Christ being worked out of each individual in the body of Christ. The good news is it is not men that are healers or prophets or pastors or what nots, it is Christ alive in the believer that does the doing.
I was told I was this and I was told I was that because of family lineage, until one day the Spirit revealed to me it was not me at all but it was Christ in believers that handled life's situations.
What a relief not to have to perform is an understatement, now the believer can be themselves and not what people think they should be but everything God made them to be with Christ-life expression, glory to God!
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