The Daily Guide
People of God
It is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Philippians 2:13 - NKJV
Things suddenly look bad and people react to it. Smiles change in an instant to frowns of concern and anxiety. Movement gets agitated and desperate. "Of course, we react like that," people say, "it shows we're responsible people who care." That may be true for people who are without the hope that is in Jesus Christ but why are the people of God reacting that way? Aren't the people of God meant to be letting their faith be their evidence? Aren't they to walk by faith not by sight?
Let's face it, so much of the way we react to people and circumstances is not controlled and initiated by God's Spirit. So often we do things the base human way, reacting according to our natural man. Scripture provides an example of this. Two women from one of Paul's outreach teams got themselves at odds with one another. Euodia must have reacted badly to the stance Syntyche was taking over an issue or perhaps it was vice versa. The result, anyway, was a breakdown in their co-operation and, perhaps, some ugly behaviour. Instead of reacting they needed to respond. They needed to respond to God at work in them. This would restore them to sweet reasonableness. Phil.4:4:2-5, Ro.8:14.
Be someone who responds to God. There is a move of God's Spirit in you. Are you going to be moved by it? It's time to leave behind the way you've reacted to people and situations according to your natural man. You can accept a movement for change that brings you into the better place of maturity in Christ. Respond to the Holy Spirit within you! Your response will lead you into new blessings, favour and realms of good works.
God is at work in you to bring good!
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