In Philippians 2:12 Paul tells us to “Work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling.”
This verse has often puzzled me since he also says that
salvation if a free gift God though grace.
What does it mean for me to work out my own salvation?
Here is the rub; I carry around within me a lot of baggage
that hinders my acceptance of this free gift of grace. Things like anger, fear,
selfishness, and hatred of those different than me. So working though my
salvation means letting go of my anger toward someone and forgiving them even
if they do not ask for it. It means letting go of those things that I
covet. It means relinquishing control of
situations that make me anxious.
God invites me to work out my salvation by letting go of
things I want to control and allowing God to do some cleaning in this earthly
tent that I call my life. Once I claim the gift of salvation my workout is like
a personal attitude adjustment so that from then on my living represents Jesus
my savior to the rest of the world. My spiritual workout has always been a struggle
and still is. Like physical exercise it never stops.
How is your spiritual workout going?
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