Phil 2:12 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, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Prayer: Our Father, we humbly confess that we easily think we alone are responsible for our salvation. Looking at our past failures then makes it almost impossible to think that we will ever be saved. On the other side we can easily think that we have nothing to do about our salvation - thinking our sin doesn't matter at all. Help us to see the cost of our salvation, the price Christ had to pay on the cross for obedience to you. Help us to follow His lead and live obedient lives as well, whatever the cost. Amen.
- "Work out your salvation with fear and trembling". If you are a believer, doesn't this line just scare you?
- After all, the Christian faith states that God does everything for our salvation? This almost sounds as if I have to save myself!
- But, look at the careful balance striked by the two statements on either side. On the one hand - "obey" and then "God works in you".
- It is because God works in us that we can obey. This obedience is given to us by God, but it is with fear and trembling that we have to follow his lead - for the sake of our salvation.
Prayer: Our Father, we humbly confess that we easily think we alone are responsible for our salvation. Looking at our past failures then makes it almost impossible to think that we will ever be saved. On the other side we can easily think that we have nothing to do about our salvation - thinking our sin doesn't matter at all. Help us to see the cost of our salvation, the price Christ had to pay on the cross for obedience to you. Help us to follow His lead and live obedient lives as well, whatever the cost. Amen.
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