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An Honest Confession

 An Honest Confession

 

Philippians 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

 

I have a confession to share with you.  Many times, in my life, and something that I still battle from time to time, I have taken the mindset that I could make happen in my life what only God could accomplish.  God would put something into my heart and I would accept it, get excited about it and start to run with it but at some point, I would get this attitude of “OK God, I got it from here” and then try to accomplish it by my strength. Guess how that turned out EVERY SINGLE TIME? 

Yes, every single time there was failure.  How could it end any differently?  Me and my abilities doesn’t equal God and His abilities, EVER!  Honestly it is the height of arrogance, and ignorance, that I ever thought that I could complete something that I couldn’t even start.  It was God who started it, He was the One who put those things in me to do.  Right now, as I write this, I still marvel at my ignorance in thinking that I could complete something that I didn’t even have the ability to conceive let alone start in me to start with.  

To help keep myself on track I remember Philippians 1:6 and Also Hebrews 13:20-21 and Philippians 2:13

 

Hebrews 13:20-21 Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

 

Philippians 2:13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

 

He is the one who makes me complete in every good work and through this I get to be a part of His will and live in His good pleasure. Objectively all I bring to the table is a bunch of weakness for His strength to be made perfect in. 

 

2 Corinthians 12:9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

 

As I live in Matthew 11:29-30 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” I allow Him to do the work in, through and out of me.  He is the One carrying the load.  I am just walking next to Him and get to take part simply by being in relationship with Him.  I reap what He gets.  Really the only time the walk seems hard is when I am not walking in step with Him and I put a binding on the yoke.  This is especially true when I try and step out ahead and try and take the burden on my shoulders to move it along. 

I hope that this confession of mine will help one of you today.  

 

Blessings.

 

 

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