The verse of the month for September is
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” Philippians 1:6 (KJV)
Life is an interesting journey that we all take. When you add the Christian walk to it it becomes even more interesting. This journey of life and as a Christian will be filled with ups and downs with successes and failures. It is easy to get distracted and get stuck in a sin and fall many times.
This verse has always encouraged me when I find myself in the failure portion of this journey through life and in my walk as a Christian. I am not perfect as none of us are and this reminds me why I truly need Jesus Christ each day.
I think it is easy to take on the task of trying to be perfect and to never fail but this will never end well. I will never be perfect or without sin while I am still on this earth.
I have to stop focusing on my own strength and on my own effort to do what is right. I must rest in what God has promised me. The moment I got saved I received everlasting life but also at that moment God began to work on me. He began to strip away the things that do not honor him and teaching me to die to my flesh each day and to live for the new spirit he gave me each day.
It is important to remember that this work does not happen instantly, instead it happens each day. I think of God as the potter and I am the clay and he is molding me into the person he wants me to become but he works a little bit on me each day. He teaches me a lesson with each change that he makes to me as the clay.
I must trust that every work that God does is good and that I will be finished good work at the end when I finally reach heaven. I must look at my successes and failures or ups and downs as changes that God is making in me as the clay. When I sin God will work on that side of me until I learn my lesson and when I do what is right well that is a good part of the clay.
God is with me through it all and with you as well. I hope that my thoughts will encourage you in a small way today or at least give you something to think about.
Before you go I want to point you to a previous post I wrote that includes a poem on how God is the potter. The post is called “Reflections: God is the Potter”, you can read it here.
How has God been molding your life lately?
Jazmin Ruiz 