Natural Outworking

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.  (1Cor 10:31)

The outworking of our faith is from what God has built in not the reverse (Php 2:13). We don’t have to be overly conscious of the outworking, if we are than there is a possibility that we are trying to please God. If we continually abide in Christ we are already in the place of God’s pleasure. It pleases the Father to work into us and out of that building on that foundation (Jude 1:20), which He has laid comes forth actions that will glory God. Often we may not be aware of it because in that abiding in Christ, self consciousness is diminished…’because as He is, so are we in this world’ (1 John 4:17). How else Jesus Christ is leaving His handprints in this crooked and perverse generation unless it’s through the Church, His body.

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.  (John 12:8)

There is a family that is currently in financial need and the brethren have been sharing their evening meals with them. One day there was a cut in the water supply hence no cooking could have been done that day. The mother was at a lost as to how to supply the family with food and purchasing KFC was the best option at that time. Later that evening the water supply was restored and the mother eventually cooked dinner for her family. Later a message came from the father that KFC was an answer to his children’s request for the week and couldn’t do so due to their financial situation. God had to intervene to shut the water supply in order to answer a child’s request. Who else could have engineered the whole situation? The Father’s heart is toward the poor, the fatherless and the widows. God allows poverty for His body to demonstrate mercy (Mic 6:8), in order to test if indeed we are walking in the Light (1 John 2:10). Don’t consider great exploits if we can’t even fulfill daily needs of others.