Newmanity and Trembling

The apostle Paul exhorted the Christians in Philippi to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. He commanded them to figure this out. That’s what an exhortation means. Take your objective justification and figure it out subjectively. Sounds easy right?

So, are you believers finding yourself more and more comfortable on a day to day basis with how you’re living? I dare say that if your daily Christian walk is one of ease and comfort for the most part, you are guilty of disobeying Paul’s command. As well as Jesus’s command – take up your cross daily and follow me.

To follow Jesus in your life on a day to day basis means you on day to day basis seek to live and act and speak how Jesus would. Now if you find this to be easy, then you must not know who Jesus was. Jesus did all kinds of things that went against the grain. His life on a daily basis wasn’t easy. Far too often he held his tongue, spoke the truth in tough situations, and cared for folks who couldn’t care for him.

Far too often folks will respond that they are completely unaware of what it looks like to live like Jesus. To that I say, love God with all of you and love every person the exact same way you love yourself. Oh, and do that every single day. Does that bring fear and trembling to your minds? Does it make you feel completely incapable? If so, then good.

His yoke is easy and his burden is light, and his commands aren’t optional. So workout your salvation and take up your cross daily. Remind yourself that you are made new. That the Spirit of God lives within you. You have power beyond all imagination that can enable you to do beyond all you could ask or think.

Trust Jesus and obey him. He made you new for a reason.

 

 

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