Working Out Our Salvation
Philippians 2:12-13 12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Have you noticed that some scripture, at first reading, makes little sense? Today’s scripture says we are to work out our salvation. What is there to work out? God sent His Son, He saved us by His blood, it is a free gift by grace, and that’s it, right?
Yes, salvation is free, but it is the way we live out our salvation that must be worked out.
We have each been given spiritual gifts, granted to us through the Holy Spirit, and aren’t you thankful for these gifts designed for the building up of the saints and the edification of the Church? Depending on the nature of the gifts and the person who has received them, these gifts are grown and used in various ways. So it is our individual responsibility to allow the Spirit to direct us in growing, developing and then applying our gifts to the body of believers.
May we each seek out the beauty of His face as we allow Him to grow us in His beauty and His grace. And may we work out our salvation according to his will.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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