MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Wednesday August 19, 2020
Topic: God Completes His Work
Text: Romans 8:29, 30
God doesn’t do His work half way and abandons it. When He starts a
process of someone’s deliverance, He perfects it. He doesn’t stop halfway. Paul
asserts here that God did not simply foreknow that they would be His people,
but His foreknowledge of them as His people included the gracious purpose of
bringing them into a state of salvation, as he proceeds immediately to show in
the preceding verses.
Our text for the day does not necessarily mean that before the
beginning of the world, God chose certain people to receive His gift of
salvation as they refer to Ephesians 1:11. Some believe that God knew in
advance who would respond to His salvation. But what is clear is that God’s
purpose for us was not an afterthought; it was settled before the foundation of
the world. It is that people are to serve and honour God.
In 1993, I had a spiritual problem and it almost cost me my
salvation. I wanted to flee away from preaching the word of God again in my
hometown. God sent my Pastor friend, Victor Eziuzor to speak to me. January 1,
1994, I went into my Prayer Camp and was there weeping before God. At about 6pm
that faithful day, God said, “Go to Philippians 1:6.” That was only the word
God spoke to me and that restored peace to my heart.
God’s plan for the salvation of those who believe in Christ has
three steps: chosen, called, and
glorified. When we are finally conformed to the image of Christ, we will
share his glory. God’s love is eternal. His wisdom and power are supreme. He
will guide and protect you until the day you will stand in his presence. Keep
the faith, keep believing and keep enduring till the end for then you will
surely be glorified.
Food for Thought: Philippians 1:6
Memory verse: Romans 8 v 30
Prayer: Lord, complete any impending work in my spiritual life in Jesus
name.
