Philippians 2:12-13
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 in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Did you know that God is living inside you? God often speak to us through our mind and thoughts, and He also speaks to us by prompting our heart. Unfortunately we are not always sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit, and as a result we often miss God's work in our heart. Sometimes you have a strong burden to call someone, but then you thought it's kind of late, so you decided to call the next day, but then you forgot to do it later. Once Mrs. Liu got sick and was hoping to talk to someone, but for the whole week no one called her, and she felt really bad. The week after, I ran into a sister, and she told me that she wanted to call Belinda sometime last week but then didn't end up calling. When I told her how Belinda felt, she was regretful that she didn't make the call.
We often miss God's work in our heart and miss what God wants us to do because we don't understand God's work. "It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose." It doesn't mean that every thought in our mind comes from the Lord, but God undeniably works in our hearts and He prompts us to do things that can accomplish His perfect will.
May God give us a courageous heart, not only be willing but actually making it happen. Do you feel that God is prompting you to do something, like make a call, visit someone, send a card, etc.? May the Lord help us not to wait, but to obey His guidance and serve by faith, so that His will may be accomplish through you and I!
Pray with Pastor Tong
Lord Jesus, I thank you because you are still living inside me and speaking to me. May you help me to understand your prompting inside my heart, and give me the courage to act according to the prompting so that people may benefit from what I do. I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!
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