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Saturday, February 04, 2012

Day 35: Philippians 3:3

"The real believers are the ones the Spirit of God leads to work away at this ministry, filling the air with Christ's praise as we do it. We couldn't carry this off by our own efforts, and we know it." ~Philippians 3:3, MSG


Christianity is based on a very fundamental truth: humans cannot come before God clean with their own strength. Everyone will sin, and only the spilling of blood can cover over that sin. We need help to come before God.

And we have to trust Him to do it for us.

The verse above says the real believers are the ones who trust God enough to follow His spirit to work away at His ministry, singing for joy while they're at it. I'm not saying we need to be singing while we crunch numbers at school, work, or whatever, but we need to be aware that we need God's help, and be willing to submit to Him. And then we'll know that He won't let us fall so hard that we can't get back up again. Because we know who our God is, we can keep our eyes trained on Him and His loving awesomeness.

And with our focus on something that awesome, why would we even glance at things that scare us?

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