{"id":4765,"date":"2011-06-06T05:24:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T13:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2011-06-06T05:50:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T13:50:49","slug":"work-out-what-god-works-in-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=4765","title":{"rendered":"“Work Out” What God “Works in” You"},"content":{"rendered":"
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June\u00a006,\u00a02011<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
. . . work out your own salvation . . . for it is God who works in you . . . \u2014Philippians 2:12-13<\/div>\n
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Your will agrees with God, but in your flesh there is a nature that renders you powerless to do what you know you ought to do. When the Lord initially comes in contact with our conscience, the first thing our conscience does is awaken our will, and our will always agrees with God. Yet you say, \u201cBut I don\u2019t know if my will is in agreement with God.\u201d Look to Jesus and you will find that your will and your conscience are in agreement with Him every time. What causes you to say \u201cI will not obey\u201d is something less deep and penetrating than your will. It is perversity or stubbornness, and they are never in agreement with God. The most profound thing in a person is his will, not sin.<\/p>\n

The will is the essential element in God\u2019s creation of human beings\u2014 sin is a perverse nature which entered into people. In someone who has been born again, the source of the will is Almighty God. \u201c. . . for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.\u201d With focused attention and great care, you have to \u201cwork out\u201d what God \u201cworks in\u201d you\u2014 not work<\/em> to accomplish or earn \u201cyour own salvation,\u201d but work it out<\/em> so you will exhibit the evidence of a life based with determined, unshakable faith on the complete and perfect redemption of the Lord. As you do this, you do not bring an opposing will up against God\u2019s will\u2014 God\u2019s will is<\/em> your will. Your natural choices will be in accordance with God\u2019s will, and living this life will be as natural as breathing. Stubbornness is an unintelligent barrier, refusing enlightenment and blocking its flow. The only thing to do with this barrier of stubbornness is to blow it up with \u201cdynamite,\u201d and the \u201cdynamite\u201d is obedience to the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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June 6, 2011<\/p>\n

Journal entry for today-JDV<\/p>\n

Lord, I need you in so many areas of my life, and I wonder if I am worthy enough to receive your love, grace and hope. I wonder if I matter enough or if I am good enough to receive your care and provision. And then I remember the sacrifice of Jesus.<\/p>\n

When I recall the magnitude of your sacrifice I grasp a bit of the truth\u2026and then the Holy Spirit speaks to me quietly reminding me that I am yours\u2026.not because of anything I have or have not done, but because of Jesus.<\/p>\n

And God says\u2026\u201dYou will have doubts and concerns in this life, but they can serve as reminders to stay connected to Me. You may stray and defy Me and My word and direction \u2026 that too can serve to drive you back to Me. \u00a0You come to learn that because You are mine, I will never let you go\u2026ever. All things work together for good for those that love Me and are called according to My purpose. Trust Me and rest, you are spoken for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June\u00a006,\u00a02011 . . . work out your own salvation . . . for it is God who works in you . . . \u2014Philippians 2:12-13 Your will agrees with God, but in your flesh there is a nature that renders you powerless to do what you know you ought to do. When the Lord initially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4765"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4770,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions\/4770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}