Another Lesson Learned Driving

The other day, I was driving to work and flipping through the radio stations and WDJC was having their Bible reading of the morning and it was out of the first chapter of Phillipians. This is what it says, starting with verse 3:

"3I thank my God every time I remember you. 4In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

7It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God's grace with me. 8God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, 11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God."

Since then, I've been brought back to those verses and there are a few things that really made me stop and think. I love that line "He who has began a good work in you, will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus". I mean think about it, if the God of the Universe has started something good in us, why wouldn't He finish it? It is amazing to me that God has made time for us. Time that we can enjoy His blessings and live the life that He created for us to live. I can only hope that the life I am living and the choices I am making reflect that plan that God has so lovingly crafted.

Later, Paul goes on to pray for the church that their "love may abound more in knowledge and the dept of insight". It is my prayer for myself, my family, and my friends, that I will be able to put aside enough of myself to tap into that knowledge and depth of the love of Jesus Christ. There is a song "Empty Me", by Chris Sligh. The lyrics say "Empty me so that I can be filled with you."---what a desire... http://goodweb.org/empty-me-by-chris-sligh.html