Accept God’s Purpose

Christ is the source of our divine inheritance. Before the earth was formed, God sovereignly determined that every elect sinner, however vile, useless, and deserving of death - by trusting in Christ would be made righteous. The word translated “works” is the same one in which “energy,” “energetic,” and “energize” are derived.

When God created the world, He gave it sufficient energy to begin immediately to operate as He had planned. It was not simply ready to function but was created functioning. As God works out His plan according “to the counsel of His will,” He energizes every believer with the power necessary for his spiritual completion. (MacArthur Study Bible) We were made by God and for God’s purposes and pleasure.

I remember the night when I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into my heart. The blinders fell from my eyes, and I felt a spiritual energy because I knew that I was forgiven. I am an optimist by nature with an outgoing and energetic personality, so my salvation added to me a new level of sufficient energy to function. Saints have told me that I am sometimes like “the energizer bunny” for Christ, even at my age!

God never asks about our ability or our inability – just our availability.

PRAYER: Lord, thank You for working in us to work through us for Your glory.
By Sis. Cheryl Torain