Orange Moon Monday, June 1, 2026 "Working In. Working Out.

The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…

    “Working In.  Working Out.”     

   

    We live for God by living from God.     

    “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:12-13).

    We cannot possibly make ourselves pleasing to the Lord by our own means.  His standard of absolute perfection bars our hope of a life by any power other than the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, as revealed in us through the indwelling Holy Spirit.  “As for God, His way is perfect… Let us have grace, that we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear” (II Samuel 22:31; Hebrews 12:28).  Thus, born again believers awoke to this day with the commands of Scripture adorned with God’s promises to fulfill them.  

    “Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might” (Ephesians 6:10).

    From a single faithful thought to martyrdom for our Lord, every act of obedience flows from it singular source and power: “I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me” (Philippians 4:13; emphasis added).  This places a premium on our awareness of our Lord’s presence, involvement, and power, and on our privileged responsibility to believe and submit ourselves to its enabling grace.  We must also grow increasingly confident in His perfectly trustworthy character and nature that assures us of His continual and mighty working in us “both to will and to do of His good pleasure.”  Indeed, find the most fallen believer on the planet in this moment.  The tragedy of his wandering lies not only in acts of sin, but also on the fact that he distrusted and disobeyed God with the power of the Holy Spirit present and actively engaged in his heart.  Every sin in believers occurs as the fruit of failure to avail ourselves of God’s promised and present grace to enable our overcoming of temptation.  Coupled with the price that made such power possible - the cross of Calvary - all sin must be viewed as inexcusable failure to avail ourselves of God’s promised abundance of grace.  “Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required” (Luke 12:48).

   Our Heavenly Father does not call us to make bricks without straw.  He rather works mightily in us to enable the life to which He calls us through the active presence of the Holy Spirit.  Do we know this truth to be true?  Do we believe it?  Do we avail ourselves of its grace?  No believer can answer these questions with a perfect “Yes!”   Thus, we must seek to “grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (II Peter 3:18).  Thereby, we increasingly and more consistently “work out” that which God “works in.”  No other means of a life that glorifies and pleases Him is possible, nor is any other required…

“To live is Christ.”

(Philippians 1:21)

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.”

(II Corinthians 9:8)

WeeklyMemory Verse

    Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.

(Ephesians 6:10)

 

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