Philippians 2:12-18
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Did you ever play with a windup toy when you were a child? They were a lot of fun except they didn’t last very long. You had to keep rewinding them over and over. Eventually, the key would break and the toy forgotten.
Some people feel that way about God. They seem to think that he wound up the world and just let it go, never to be seen again. David sure did at times.
1 God, are you avoiding me?
Where are you when I need you? Psalm 10 MSG
Where are you when I need you? Psalm 10 MSG
1-2 Long enough, God—
you’ve ignored me long enough.
I’ve looked at the back of your head long enough.
you’ve ignored me long enough.
I’ve looked at the back of your head long enough.
Long enough I’ve carried this ton of trouble,
lived with a stomach full of pain. Psalm 13 MSG
lived with a stomach full of pain. Psalm 13 MSG
If we’re honest, we’ve all felt that way sometimes. God just doesn’t seem to care; He doesn’t seem to have a purpose for us; He doesn’t seem to be at work in our life. Paul wrote to the Philippians about a God who does care; who does have a purpose; who is at work in your life.
12 Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. 13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. NLT
Even David, who experienced such deep, discouraging moments, recognized that God was ever present in his life.
13 For you created my inmost being;you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Psalm 139 NIV
16 You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed. Psalm 139 NLT
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed. Psalm 139 NLT
You don’t live in a windup world where God has randomly placed you, like a toy, to aimlessly wander. Indeed, God has a plan and a purpose for you to fulfill and is constantly at work in your world. Therefore, go and discover what He is doing, and be a part of it.
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