God at Work in us

God at Work in us

[My Offline Bible] Genesis  49
1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

Our desire to know what will befall us in the last days gives sleepless nights to many and make victims of many in the hands of spiritual charlatans.

But God had left us enough witnesses to know what to expect and how to organize ourselves for what He planned our future to be.

Learning from the Word of God, we discover the pattern and process of what to expect while the genuine prophetic ministry will give a glimpse of the coordinates. It takes practical experience to know exactly how the plan works out.

What about the process?
God has a plan for everyone. He has a plan to give us an expected end and He is working towards that.

He is the potter and He wants us to be the submissive clay so that He can make of us glorious vessels no matter how many times we get marred in His hand on His potter's wheel. Jeremiah 18:1-6

The first thing therefore is to give our lives totally to Jesus. I'm not just talking about going to church, following a minister of God, attending programs and getting into some religious frenzies but an active mental and spiritual submission and total yieldedness to God through faith and patience!

I am not talking about yieldedness to a man, to a system or to an organization in the name of religion but a self assurance of a primary commitment and yieldedness to Christ, ready to obey Him before obeying a person and before pleasing self; ready to lay down all for Him, ready to die for the cause of Christ in all sincerity of purpose! Matthew 16:24&25

[My Offline Bible] Romans 6
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

God designed it that we will submit to Him totally and give Him the permission to work in us and so produce His desires in us.

He desires to work in us both to will and to do that which is well pleasing in His sight and in so doing work out our salvation with fear and trembling! Philippians 2:13&13

With Him, all things work together for our good who love Him. Loving Him means total submission to His purpose. Romans 8:28

When we allow Him work, He works only according to the counsel of His will and not according to the counsel of man either friends, friendly or enemies.

Only His will counsels Him as to what He uses the exceeding greatness of His power to accomplish in us.

[My Offline Bible] Ephesians 1
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

If we would follow Him He will make us who 'His will' wants us to be. Jesus told His disciples, follow me and I will make you fishers of men and so they follwed and became fishers of men...He will make us as we follow Him... Matthew 4:19

We are God's workmanship, He is at works till now to make our ends the best possible. Ephesians 2:8-10

We aren't the workmanship of ourselves beyond laboring with the grace He has given us in obedience. 1Corinthians 15:10

We aren't the workmanship of another person, either enemy or friend as some would expect, except we have submitted to them and not to God or are following them without following Christ.

We are God's workmanship as He works in us with His exceeding greatness of power to produce what eyes have not seen, nor ear heard neither had entered into the minds of men of what He has prepared for us from the foundation of the world. 1Corinthians 2:9-11, Ephesians 3:20

We may struggle, others too may struggle and labor over us to produce something of us. Friends and friendly people will labor over us to produce something they feel should be good for us. Enemies too will try their best in words and in deeds to produce evil things in us but when we are fully yielded to God, He works out His own will without listening to contrary counsels either from friends or foes except those in line with His will which is to bring us to a sure and secure future with a meaning!

A good end is sure for us in God if we stick to Him through the thick and the thin; if we would follow Him and Him alone, fully yielding to His Spirit and workings within us. Jeremiah 29:11

If we would walk in confidence, faith and patience in God and in His workings without the fear of men and situations, we won't fail to see all things working for our good and producing a great end for us. When patience has finally perfected its work, it'll make us perfect, entire wanting nothing....James 1:4

It may not at all make any sense right now but we must do that one thing needful; yielding ourselves to God totally as a piece of clay would to a potter...and letting Him work His expertise in us which will produce nothing but His will and good pleasure in our lives. His good pleasure is what will eventually befall us at the end as we follow Him...

I pray that God will perfect us unto every good work to do His will, working in us that which is well pleasing in His sight in Jesus name...

Good morning!

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