I Will Watch You Work

I will watch you work

Philippians 1:6 NKJ

being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

The AMP says

I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return].

Work for food Illus. by Bruce Ball

I like the story of the rich executive who announced to his church one morning that he was going to give up all he owned so that he had to depend on his faith in God for everything he needed.

He sold everything, gave it to the poor, and moved into a rented home down on the bad side of town.

That first night, he prayed that God would furnish him with some food. The next morning, he went outside on the porch and there was no food. That same night, he again prayed for food. The next morning...nothing.

The 3rd night, he prayed again, saying, "Lord, if you do not feed me, I will surely die of starvation." The next morning...nothing.

Then, in a near panic brought on by hunger, he fell to his knees and cried out, "Lord, I have put my faith in you on the line. Why are you ignoring me like this?"

In the quietness of the rented house, he heard the Lord tell him his prayers had already been answered, but he was not looking for the answer.

The Lord told him to go back out on the porch, which he did. Then, the Lord told him to look up! A large sign on the building across the road, in bold letters, said, "WORKERS WANTED -- LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED"

Over the years there have been plenty of people who have watched me at work. I myself have watched others work. Most everyone likes to watch someone work, especially when they’re working for them.

At times when we pray and ask God for our needs and the needs of others in our lives to be met, it’s easy to become distracted and think God is taking to long to deliver the answer we’re looking for.

If we like to watch others work, why do we have difficulty looking for or watching God work in our lives?

God wants us to Trust Him with our future! God wants us to have boldness and confidence in our faith walk and our relationship we have with Him. And in return God promises to be faithful to us and our request, when we bring them to Him!

How many times have we all prayed something maybe just a little bit frivolous, but then later on out of the blue God orchestrates our request to come to fruition in our lives.

And we realized at that point we had forgotten the prayer and the request when we had prayed, but God had never forgotten!

TBS. (the Bible says)

“He who started a work in you, will be faithful to complete it in you!”

Like the man trusting God to feed him earlier, we need not worry if God will provide, however we must be ready to walk into the opportunity of provision and obtain the blessing when He does!

For example, when David the Shepard boy heard he was someday going to be a king in the future. Don’t you imagine he went around like all young boys, dreaming about what they would become when they got older?

I can just imagine David out watching the sheep, like they were the people of Israel and taking his sling to protect his subjects and practicing hitting different targets, as if they were the enemy.

At first he would miss the targets. But each time he missed, he quickly found another stone and imagined in his mind another scenario of how he would protect his people and become their hero!

Time after time missing the target, yet diligently recreating another opportunity to deliver the miracle shot, that ultimately would make his name a household name heard around the world forever!

Little by little, David started to hit the targets and not just some of the time, but every time! With each victorious shot, his accuracy grew along with his confidence! Then finally one day God opened the door of opportunity David had dreamed about so many times.

David walked into the opportunity God provided with confidence and even though everyone else thought what he was willing to attempt was impossible, with Gods help and promise David became victorious and defeated Goliath!

Had it been earlier David might’ve been fearful and missed his moment of destiny! God wants us to have the confidence that when the door of opportunity opens its self by His creation, we can step through the door with confidence and obtain the blessing God has created for us, without fear!