The will is the essential element in God’s creation of human beings— sin is a perverse nature which entered into people. In someone who has been born again, the source of the will is Almighty God. “…for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” With focused attention and great care, you have to “work out” what God “works in” you— not work to accomplish or earn “your own salvation,” but work it out so you will exhibit the evidence of a life based with determined, unshakable faith on the complete and perfect redemption of the Lord.

Do I believe that Almighty God is the Source of my will? God not only expects me to do His will, but He is in me to do it.

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June 6 2016

Journal Entry for Today-JDV

Good morning God and thank you for this day and this devotional. This scripture has been somewhat confusing for me; before Your teaching on surrender and connection. Now I understand “work out my salvation” to mean living in the surrender, connection, curiosity process; allowing You to live in me and through me. And as I live in this process, I become more and more attuned to surrender, connection and curiosity as “my work” as I rest in You. Is this the right road Lord? Am I on the right track?

And God says…”Yes, when you live in and out of surrender, connection, curiosity and obedience, you find you I am living through you. You no longer panic in the face of difficult circumstances, or even your own failures, or the failures of those you love and have trusted. When you seek first the Kingdom of God, which is Jesus, you find that I will meet all your needs. When you trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own understandings, you find that I make your paths straight. As you live in surrender, connection, curiosity and obedience, you in fact are working out your salvation, making your salvation come alive. And living in this process, as the song says, all you need to do is “just breathe.”