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Phil 2:13.

Paul could say in 2 Corinthians 1:5, For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. (If you are discouraged by failures, the truth that God is continually at work in you and clearly has not given up on you should encourage you to forget what lies behind (Php 3:13) and press on (Php 3:14-Paul did not underestimate the importance of faithful obedience, but he knew that underlying all our obedience and acceptable service was the energizing power and will of God, Who Alone then will receive the glory.

(2Corinthians 3:5, 6)After declaring that his great desire and purpose was to present all men (Paul reminded them that he) was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the "The toaster cannot produce toast unless it is “connected,” so that its nichrome wire is heated by the electricity from the electric power house.

God works to will and to do, but only certain of the children of men work out what He works in. While he is proud of his efforts in controlling the cart, Dad stands behind. The garden-rose cannot gladden human hearts with its beauty and fragrance unless it derives its strength from the sun.

It shows submission to a higher power.• The angelic host will sing his praises in heaven.• People (and possible all living beings) will bow their knee on earth. He was able to heal people—and even to raise them from the dead (Luke 8:40-41, 49-56; John 11:1-44). He wants to bring us into His family. We must say, “God, I’m going to teach these children for you.
My wallet and all of my cards and papers were gone. Suppose we fixed up the spare bedroom, processed through all the paperwork, and suppose we were prepared to love him just as much or more than we could love our own flesh-and-blood children. At other times we cannot even seem to want to do right. (Boice Expositional Commentary)God's motive behind His work in our lives is because it gives Him pleasure!

What For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

You would not have seen the mighty hands moulding the earth.

And what farmer is afraid of the agency of God in the case, or supposes that the fact that God exerts an agency is a reason why he should not plow and plant his field, or set out his orchard?

Some consequences of our sins can never be reversed. And divine power is released in and through human struggling to enable us to accomplish in our labor what we otherwise never would.Again, God's sovereignty doesn't undermine human activity but inspires it! When the God energizes His children to obey and serve Him; His power enables their sanctification.

As he encouraged them to work out their salvation with fear and trembling (Php 2:12), Paul said they would not be on their own. Sometimes we want to do right but seem to lack the energy or ability. One of his insights had to do with the role that purpose plays in human longevity. In verse 13, he assures them that God is at work in them—giving them the ability to do what is needed.Likewise in the spiritual realm the will comes first. Specific Application--Harmony for the World's and Paul's Sake (2:14-16) In moving from the general appeal to its specific application, Paul has clearly "encouragement to fulfill the last exhortation—for you are not left to yourselves, but have the almighty Spirit dwelling in you to aid you. Many more years passed, and Brother Lawrence's countenance and demeanor gradually changed until others began asking him a reason for his radiance.

The phrase, “fear and trembling,” can mean fear of God.

(2Chr 30:12)LORD, you will grant us peace, for all we have accomplished is really from you.
This is a very deep, searching, and important work.

See if you can see it in this PsalmUnless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.