Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6)
Did you know there are two types of confidence? One is self-confidence. The other is Savior-confidence. Which one is the confession of your life? Read on and be greatly encouraged today.
Let’s take a moment to unpack a few things Paul tells us in our verse today. First, Paul makes it perfectly clear that the “good work” of our salvation and eternal life with Christ is all of God. It is God who began it and Paul is quite confident of this truth. But secondly, Paul goes on to encourage us with the truth that what God began in us, He will one day bring to completion. Now, this completion will not happen on this side of the grave. Here we are a “work-in-progress.” But when we cross the Jordan, and stand before our God face to face, we will be perfectly conformed into the image and likeness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Now, I know the challenge is we sometimes feel like we are not making much progress. One step forward and two steps backward. Listen, if this was true for Peter and Paul, it is true for you and me. We don’t always do what God wants us to do because we are still in the perfection process. But we are to be confident Christians because of the promise we have been given that He who began this good work is the One who will carry it on to completion. It is all of God’s grace that we grow and mature in our faith.
Savior confidence is knowing that there is no weapon formed that comes up against us that can ultimately keep us from being all God is calling us to be. When God said what He began in us He will bring to completion, He meant it. God never gives up and God never gives in. He has given us His Holy Spirit which means we have the same power in us that was in Jesus when He was raised from death to life. What began in the Spirit, is sustained in the Spirit, and will be completed in the Spirit. You have His Word on it.
Now, as it has been said, if that doesn’t light the fire of your faith, your woods wet!
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 