You are going to love it

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Salvation past, present, and future”

Our Bible verse for today: “I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6 (CSB)

Our thought for today: “You are going to love it”

Yesterday I told you the story of how at one point in my life I had a goal of becoming a bodybuilder. I never got there. I never even really came close. But I did have a picture in my head of what it might look like if it ever did happen (I was really something in my imagination!)

It’s good for us to have goals regarding what we want to achieve in life and the person we want to become. That’s not a bad thing. But God also has a plan for the kind of person He wants you to become and He is in the process of bringing that to pass in your life. And here’s the really good news: God’s image of you is better than your image of you. His plan for you is better than your plan for you.

In Philippians 1:6 Paul informs us that the One who started a good work in you will carry it on until it is completed in the day of Christ Jesus. The good work that He started in you began on the day you placed your faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins. That’s when He started changing you into the kind of person He wants you to be. The “carry it on to completion” part is the process of sanctification. The completion happens on that day in eternity when your spirit is united with your resurrection body and you are finally the completed person you will be for the rest of eternity (we will think more about that later in this series).

In Jeremiah 29:11 God assures us, “For I know the plans I have for you – this is the Lord’s declaration – plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” The good and perfect plan God is referring to works itself out over the course of your life and leads you to becoming the person He wants you to be.

Another example God used in the Bible to help us understand what He is doing in our lives is the example of a potter forming clay into the shape he wants it to be. Isaiah 64:8 is a good example, “Yet Lord, you are our Father, we are the clay and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands.” Being transformed into the person God wants you to be is a huge benefit of having been saved, and it will be a determining factor in the person you will be for all eternity. That transforming process is taking place now and one day, it will be complete.

You are going to love being the person God is transforming you into!

God bless,
Pastor Jim

(If you like what you are reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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