For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. (Philippians 2:13-15 NLT)
God reminded me of these verses this morning. I have been reading a blog recently by a lady who,unless God intervenes, is dying of cancer (I don't know the lady, but she is a friend of someone we go to church with). Through her pain & through her suffering she is still praising Jesus! She is still trying to win people to Him! Is she happy with her circumstances I doubt it, but not in one blog entry that I've read have I seen her complain. I have however seen her praising Jesus & giving Him the glory in everything! Made me completely ashamed of the minor things I complain about! How does that tie into these verses...He wants us to do things that please Him! The important things that are going matter eternally. Not the temporal things. Let's do these things without complaining! Maybe we don't have everything we WANT, but He has given us all that we NEED! Verse 15 talks about shining like bright lights...let's get out there in this dark world that needs Jesus & shine our lights bright for Him, so that others may come to know Him!
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