The Creator Working in Us

Last Sunday night in small groups we were studying Philippians 2:12-30.  One of the members, Doris, pointed out the wonder - that God, who created the stars, is doing a work in her!  It is this same idea that Andrew Murray shares in day two of his devotional titled Waiting On God. In day two Mr. Murray uses Genesis 49:18 to teach that, "...there is no salvation but God’s salvation... ." Later he says, "What He asks of us, in the way of surrender, and obedience, and desire, and trust, is all comprised in this one word: waiting on Him, waiting for His salvation." 

These are the ideas he links to the Genesis passage.  However, it was Doris' observation concerning Philippians 2:12-15 that came together for me in the Murray reading.  God is working in me. This same God, the only God, the Creator of all, is doing that work in me! Murray picks up on this idea when he states, "Again, I say, let us meditate on the divine glory of the salvation God purposes working out in us, until we know the truths it implies. Our heart is the scene of a divine operation more wonderful than Creation."

Now that's a thought! But how is it that we daily forget this fact, the fact of the Creator God working in us?  It is because we have boiled our existence down to the daily routine - family, work, eat, sleep - and have forgotten God. Or at best, we have shunted God off to Sundays and then ignore Him Monday-Saturday.  I need to live daily aware of God working in me. I need to live daily waiting on God.

See you tomorrow.  You can read an online version of Murray's devotional by clicking here.

-Mark