What Do You Do?

Philippians 1:19-21 “For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” 
 
WHAT do you do when you don’t know what to do? As Paul was in a physical prison facing possible death, you could be in a spiritual prison, uncertain of God’s life for you. What does the Lord God desire? Why is life, even as you confess faith in Christ, so difficult? Frustrated, you don’t even know how to pray because your circumstances seem so hopeless. Indeed, what do you do when you don’t know what to do?
    Paul taches you here. He begins in his prison house to confesses a complete trust in Jesus. Chained in Rome, he is unchained in his hope. As he affirmed “to live is Christ, and to die is gain” Paul knew his life was under the eternal care and authority of the risen Savior – the One who came to conquer fear and death that had infected God’s perfect world.
    Eventually, this imprisonment ended with Paul’s freedom. Learn here, that Paul did not set his mind on himself. He knew to focus on his own circumstances would rob his joy in Jesus. Instead, he set his mind on Jesus’ great love for him. Faithfully trusting Jesus for his life in Heaven, Paul fully gave to Jesus his life on earth.
    What do you do when you don’t know what to do? How do you respond in the really hard circumstances of your life? Do as Paul. Live with all boldness, so now also Christ will be magnified in (your) body. Living for Christ is gain beyond expectation.
   
Joy Link: The Lord Jesus is bigger than any circumstance.