Day 36 - Wednesday

Day 36

 

"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me."  Psalm 138:7 (NIV)

We talked earlier about how we are saved, and yet being saved at the same time.  Our salvation is a one time event, but also an on-going process.  What areas in your life is God "saving" you still?

 

Our helmet of salvation, this rescue from God, operates as we walk through life.  It will guard and keep our minds as we journey on the path of faith.  So many times we think of salvation as the "day we got saved."  We chose to follow Christ and believe that we went from death to life in that decision.  But really our translation from being lost to found was just the beginning of our salvation.

 

God is at work redeeming and rescuing us from before we chose to follow him.  There is a phrase called "prevenient grace," which simply means that God was working in your life even before you knew him to bring you to a place of understanding and receiving his salvation.  He loves us so much he begins to work on us before we even know him, preparing us to be a part of his family.

 

Then after we connect with Christ and make him our Lord, his Spirit goes to work in us to make us more like Christ.  Much of this process will take place in our mind, as what we think and believe affect how we live and act.  This is "sanctification," a work of on-going salvation as we learn to surrender the things that are not like Christ and be formed into his image.

 

We must partner with his Spirit in allowing him access to our thought life, permitting the conviction of the Holy Spirit to alert us when our thinking is not aligned with the will of God.  As we study and learn the Word of God, our mind is renewed and we change as the things that break the heart of God also break our own heart. 

 

We are saved, yet being saved everyday.

 

Prayer:  "Spirit of God, teach me to hear your voice, learn your will for my life, and act upon your moving in my heart.  Thank you that you are constantly making me into Christ's image.  In Jesus I pray, Amen."