Unworthy

Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

An unknown author has written: "Longfellow could take a worthless piece of paper, write a poem on it, and instantly make it worth thousands of dollars -- and it's called genius. Rockefeller could sign his name to a piece of paper and make it worth millions of dollars -- and it's called riches. A mechanic can take material worth only five dollars and make it worth five hundred -- and it's called skill. An artist can take a fifty-cent piece of canvas, paint a picture on it, and make it worth thousands of dollars -- and it's called art. Jesus Christ can take a worthless, sinful life, wash it in His blood, put His Spirit in it, and make it valuable to God -- and that's called sanctification. The Lord is in the business of taking rough, raw material and using it -- transforming men by His power to be the extension of His work in the world."

Do we stop to think of the awesomeness of sanctification? Christ, through His shed blood, can take our worthless pathetic sinful lives and turn them into something pleasing to a holy perfect sinless God.

We are so unworthy, we can't even comprehend it. Yet God loves us beyond measure and desires a relationship with us.

Often times we are tempted to try and sanctify ourselves. We strive to somehow reconcile ourselves to God through our piety and our good works. If we work hard enough, we'll please God. If we do enough good, God will be pleased. We minimize, or forget, that it's Christ that has begun the work of sanctification in a believer and that He will continue it until the end. That's a promise.

Praise Him.