Promise

ἐπαγγελία (Epaggelia) or Promise.

If there is one thing that should wake us in the morning it should be the promise of God. The promise that we have been set free from our transgressions and have been given the opportunity to experience him.

I keep thinking about Philippians 1:6 "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." I feel this has been kind of the synopsis of my thought process lately. For some reason I can look at myself right now and be okay with what I see. Notice I don't say fine because I want to continue my pursuit of Christ and his holiness. I may sound arrogant right now, but like I've stated I don't want to beat myself up so much for where I am not that I can't see what I've become. The beauty and majesty of God is him in his perfect holiness. I'm not there, but each day I say to God, "I choose you." He takes me one step closer to conforming to him, and less of myself. Once we realize that holiness of God, we must first decide whether or not we are willing to give up this sinful life and follow our true calling. The pursuit of Christ is exactly that, a pursuit, so we must act, we must move and get up and go after him.

That is the promise, we will be made like him one day.

I hope that I speak these things out of humility, a humility that has come through falling flat on my face, but having God find me there and lifting me up.