The same resurrection power that saved you and took you out of the graveyard of sin can daily
help you live for Christ and glorify Him. At great expense to Himself, God worked for us on the
Cross.
Today, on the basis of that price paid at Calvary, He is working in us to conform us to Christ.
God cannot work in us unless He has first worked for us, and we have trusted His Son. He also
cannot work through us unless He works in us.
This is why it is important for you to spend time daily in the Word and in prayer, and to yield to
Christ during times of suffering. For it is through the Word, prayer, and suffering that God works
in you.
The Bible shows many examples of this principle. During forty years in the desert, Moses
experienced God’s working in his life, a working that prepared him for forty more years of
magnificent service.
Joseph suffered for thirteen years before God put him on the throne of Egypt, second to Pharaoh.
David was anointed king when he was a youth, but he did not gain the throne until he had
suffered many years as an exile.
Even the Apostle Paul spent three years in Arabia after his conversion, no doubt experiencing
God’s deeper work to prepare him for his ministry. God makes it a point to work in us before He
works through us.
Today’s verse: “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).
Also read: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Romans 8:29; Philippians 2:13; Hebrews 13:20-21; 1
Thessalonians 2:13; Ephesians 3:20-21.

Action assignment: Determine before God to take time to meditate and understand the Word of
God and let it cleanse and nourish you. As you pray, thank God that you belong to Him and tell
Him how you want to be a person through whom He can work.

WARREN W. WIERSBE
www.backtothebible.in