Light in the Darkness
July 21, 2024
Philippians 2:12-18
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
for it is God who is at work in you,
enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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Walk your talk.
Unfortunately, Christians have often earned the reputation of saying one thing and doing another—of being judgmental toward others when we have plenty of junk in our own lives. Jesus refers to this as pointing out the speck in someone else's eye but ignoring the board in our own.
The Apostle Paul writes that we are to "work out our own salvation with fear and trembling." In other words, we are to grow into the people God saves us to be. Our salvation will have drastic effects on our lives.
This is a big ask—more than we can do on our own. But there is good news. The same God who saves us is at work in us, transforming our hearts and lives.
This is great news, not just for ourselves but also for the world. In a world that can often be very dark and difficult, we can "shine like stars in the world."
