Hear the powerful Word of God:
“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Php 4:13 BSB
This New Life in Christ is not a relay race, where we get something that we need to accomplish whatever it is we are doing FROM God, then we run the next leg of that race all on our own. No. It is more like a three legged race, where we are joined together with God and must learn to walk at His pace, going where He wants us to go, doing what He wants us to do. If we go too fast, we will fall. Our gracious God will pick us up, dust us off, and we will continue learning to walk in pace with Him once again. If we go too slow, we will fall. Once again, our gracious God will pick us up, dust us off, and we will continue learning to walk in pace with Him once again. This is the New Life we have in Christ. So you see, we CAN do ALL things, but at His pace.
Now our God understands us. Even when we are not walking right next to Him, He can still use our efforts for good. That is, He works it all together for good, even if we don’t get it right or even if we completely mess up. Let’s think of another image here. This time it is a very young child baking cookies with their parent. There is more flour on the counter than in the batter, which is filled with egg shells by the way! Still the patient parent maneuvers the recipe in such an expert way that the cookies end up delicious despite the inexperience of their child. That’s us, my Friends! But joined together with God, oh the things we can do! Let’s keep thinking this through…
Join me in memorizing 52 verses this year:
January: 1- Jn 3:16; 2- 2Co 5:17; 3- Jas 2:26; 4- Eph 2:10
5- Jn 10:10
6- Ro 6:23
7- Rev 21:4
8- Php 4:13
<>< Peace, Diane
