7月23日
标 题：借着你的生命显示神
经 节：就当恐惧战兢做成你们得救的工夫。因为你们立志行事都是神在你们心里运行，为要成就祂的美意。（腓立比书二章12下～13节）
救恩不是一个事件，而是一段过程。救恩是神的礼物，因为我们不可能靠自己做什么，来救自己（以弗所书二：8～9）。然而，得到救恩的同时，你也有责任要使救恩真的成就在你身上。我们一旦被拯救，就必要宣告救恩已经成为我们的了。
借着救恩，神让你胜过罪。这些罪不单指过去的罪，也包括未来你会犯的罪。当你成为基督徒，神使你成为新造的人（哥林多后书五：17）。当你与神同行的时候，神要继续在你的生命建造新事。当祂救赎你的时候，祂赐下喜乐给你，祂要每日以祂的喜乐充满你。当你第一次为罪悔改，你放弃生命的主权，将它交给神。神不断地要求你的意志能顺服、跟随祂的引领，而不是自己决定人生方向。成为基督徒的那一刻，神已经将一切的事赐给你，要如何使用这些赐予是你的选择（彼得后书一：3～9）。
这是在基督徒的生命中，看起来似是而非的理论。我们当勤勉地让自己的信心成长，然而，我们得铭记在心，只有基督可以带给我们生命最终的改变。当我们看到神在我们身上动工，要更努力地学习。神从来不会逼迫我们改变，我们也不可能不靠圣灵而彻底改变自己。
当你感受到神在你生命某一方面动工，添加祂的作为，让祂的救恩在你生命中淋漓尽致地展现。
Displaying God through Your Life
Work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His
good pleasure. (Philippians 2:12b-13)
Salvation is not an event; it is a process.
Salvation is God’s gift, for there is nothing we can do to save ourselves (Eph.
2:8–9). Yet with salvation comes the responsibility to work out our salvation.
Once we have been saved, we must claim all that has become ours.
Through salvation, God gave you victory over sin.
That victory applies not only to past sins but also to every sin you will ever
commit. When you became a Christian, God made you a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17).
God wants to continually build new things into your life as you walk with Him.
God gave you His joy when He saved you, and He wants to fill you with His joy
daily. When you first repented of your sin, you relinquished your right to your
life. God continues to ask you to yield your will to Him and to follow His
leading rather than setting your own direction for your life. When you were
converted, God made everything available to you; how you implement what He has
given you is your choice (2 Pet. 1:3–9).
This is the great paradox of the Christian life. We
are to work diligently on our faith, yet always with the awareness that only
God can bring about lasting change in our lives. As we see God at work in us,
we are motivated to work even more diligently. God will not force His changes upon
us; neither can we bring about lasting change in our lives apart from the work
of the Holy Spirit.
When you sense God developing an area of your life,
join Him in His activity so that His salvation will be demonstrated fully.
