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Fulfillment

"And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns." Philippians 1:6


Oh, how we love to tell people, "God's going to do a great work in you!" Us Christians like to say this when things aren't going as planned in someone's life. Maybe they just experienced a break up, job loss, or were told no to a dream they held dear. God's got you and he is going to fulfill something great for you! I just know it!

You know what? When I sit back and think about how often and when I have said these exact words, I annoy myself. My intentions were good but it's so cliche.

I was thinking about my husband while he was on a work trip. I was casually praying that God would do a great work in him. There I go again with my irritating expressions. I had a visual of my husband in my mind while I was praying my cliche when I thought, "You know what? God already has done a great work in my husband!"

We are so quick to talk about the futuristic plans of God that we don't see that he is already doing a great work in us. He has, is, and will continue to do great things in and through us whether we recognize this or not.

We get frustrated waiting for our "great work" from God to come to fruition. We sit and twiddle our thumbs feeling left out watching everyone around us fulfilling their great works in God and we feel we must have missed the boat. Not so. God is doing a great work in you and in me every day. We are so busy looking to future fulfillment that we don't recognize the great works he is doing in us right this very minute.

After I came out of my cliche fog, I realized that I, too, am waiting for the fulfillment of this great work God is supposed to do in my life. I am sitting around waiting for all the cosmos to come together just right so God's great work can be fulfilled in me. All-the-while, he's been doing great things in and through me since the day I believed.

I decided to change my verbiage in my prayers. Instead of asking for God to do that great work in me in the future, I pray that I may see the great work he is doing in me each and every day. I want to see his handiwork in my life. I want to witness the "goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" (Psalm 27:13) as he works himself in and through me each day.

God is currently doing a great work in your life. Ask him to show it to you today.

Love & Blessings,
Meg

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