Our Balance of Willingness and Thankfulness to God

*Listen to the Show notes and podcast transcript with this multi-language player. Summary: God is working His will out in those who open up to Him and totally give over their will to Him. This spiritual balance between God's working and the intuitive of faith and willingness in us produces an atmosphere that God can create His will in us. In all that He allows us to go through, we give back to Him a deep worship and thankfulness knowing that He is working out His perfect will in our lives. Show Notes: God is the beginning and the end in our lives. There is a balance between God working in us and our initiative to do His will. We allow Him to work in our lives to accomplish his will. He is faithful to finish His work in us. In all He lets us go through good and bad, we are commanded to give thanks. When we give thanks in all things we are saying You are the Lord and I submit to your working out Your will in my life. Quotes: God starts something and He's gonna finish it. He's the alpha and He's the omega. He's the beginning and the end. Yes, He is that, but what He does in us is the same thing. There's a balance in this because if, if we say that He is the, Alpha and the Omega, we're His workmanship, but we take an attitude I don't have to do anything and He's gonna do it all. There is an initiative on our part that we have to open the door so that He can become in us what is necessary to bring us totally into the presence of the Father. It's about allowing Him to come into our lives and be that part of us that we are constantly in, in a relationship with. He can actually lead us by His presence and direct us by His will. His will is to complete the work in us. The initiative on our part is to give Him our will to do that. And so if we live in the spirit, walk in the spirit and love each other in the spirit, we're reaching into that realm and all things give thanks. It's not easy to give thanks into all things, but I'll tell you what that is a perfecting your spirit. ...when you give thanks, you're saying, Lord, I am your son, and what You do with me is your business, not mine. I can reach into this relationship with You and love You with all of my heart, with all of my soul, with all of my being. In spite of what I'm going through, it doesn't matter because what You're doing is what You're doing to perfect me and bring me into a place I've never been in before. Thanksgiving in all things, worship in all things. This brings forth His perfect will in me. References: Revelations 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” John 14:6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Jeremiah 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. Colossians 1:13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son... 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing...