October 20
God has a glorious purpose in performing signs and wonders in the behalf of men that extends beyond His love for His children. God desires to achieve many good and worthwhile things through the lives of those who profess faith in His Son Jesus Christ.
The first matter with which He deals in the life of any man is the drawing of him by the power of His Holy Spirit into the Arc of Safety, into the salvation that is provided by the acceptance of Jesus as Savior and Lord. Without this inaugural step, nothing else can be accrued to a man’s heavenly account.
It is not our good works that save us, it is not our sincere effort to comply with the law of God that saves us, for our own efforts, no matter how consistent or how sincerely attempted, must fall short of God’s perfect standard of holiness. But once a man has received Christ as his Savior, he is set on a path of service to Him and to the purposes of His Kingdom.
Philippians 2:13 tells us, “It is God who is working in you, enabling you both to will and to act for His good purposes.” The life of the believer is not his own but the Lord’s and it is His good pleasure to use the man of faith to further faith—to win others to Christ, to pray the prayer of faith that saves the lost, heals the sick, delivers the dying and ultimately—glorifies Jesus.
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