Working
Philippians 2:13 KJV
(13) For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.
Several years ago, upon the encouragement of a close friend, I went on a missions trip to Zaire, Africa. Although not all that experienced at construction and definitely ignorant of French or Swahili, I was put in charge of a construction crew when the missionary had to go away shortly after we arrived there. It was a brand new project, so hiring workers, which numbered close to 50, and keeping track of their duties and hours was a challenging and rewarding endeavor. I got to learn a language and many archaic ways of getting things accomplished with limited resources. I also discovered that progress would not be made with any of our fence, latrine, or well building just because people claimed to be good workers with adequate skills. Though some were quite self-motivated, for the most part everyone frequently needed monitoring and a motivational encouragement or guidance. If somehow each one of them would just do what they were told and what they said they would do, there would have been much less stress and concern as to whether or not the project would be completed. It has been said by a very learned and wise friend of mine that if you can just get someone to fulfill what is expected and to what they’ve committed, not only will their performance be extraordinary, but so also will be their promotion and glory.
There has been a commitment and claim made to us by Someone who has proven Himself to be extraordinarily capable at His duties and more than faithful at sticking to them. It will never be that He comes across a situation in us that causes Him to just throw His hands up and admit that it’s just too much. Also, there will never be a moment when you can sneak up on Him to find that He’s just chilling under a tree. It doesn’t say that He’s looking for work either, but rather, He’s working already, utilizing the very forces and resources of heaven to accomplish and complete those things that might mean something to us, but have completely motivated Him to apply His great ability to insure their progress. This is His position. This is His will and His heart. The only inhibitor of our personal Worker is whether or not we let Him in to do His work in us. All His preparation and work that’s going on even now will only require our reception and ‘amen’. Oh, the promotion and glory that will be His through us. “Amen”
Song-“Working In Me”
