March 31 2026

Tuesday March 31

The “Good Work” God is Doing

Philippians 1:6

“Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work

in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ”

Welcome to Pastor Chat. As we go through the book of Philippians verse by verse, we are continuing to look at my life verse, Philippians 1:6. Today, we are talking about the good work that God is doing. Yesterday we mentioned that this verse begins, “Being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you, He will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” We are confident, and we can have full assurance that God, who began the work in us, will complete it until Jesus Christ comes. We can live a confident, joyful life despite our circumstances because it is God who began that good work. We are confident of that very thing.

I want us to think about that phrase, “a good work”. What is that work? First, I could not help but think about the “good work” of creation in Genesis 1. For each of the six days, God made something, and God was pleased with what He had made and said it was good. Then in verse 31, “God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. The evening and the morning were the sixth day”.

Then notice in Genesis 2:1-3, at least three times we read the word “work.” “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”

Colossians 1:16-17 tells us that, “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.” This is the work of creation that God began, and God is sustaining that creation through Jesus Christ!

There is also the good work of salvation. The good work of salvation is first seen in the Old Testament when God promised Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:15 that the seed of the woman would bruise the head of the serpent. Actually, the good work of salvation began in eternity past. We are told in Revelation 13:8: “All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world”. 

This “good work” of salvation was being completed when Jesus came. He said in John 4:34, “My food is to do the will of the Father and to finish His work.” Then in John 17:4, just before He goes to the cross, Jesus says, “I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.” Then on the cross, in John 19:30, Jesus said, “It is finished.” On the cross, He finished that work. What is the good work of God? The good work of God is the work of salvation.

The good work of God is also the work of transformation and sanctification. In 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 we read: “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it.” Going back to Philippians 2:13, the apostle Paul writes to the church at Philippi, “For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” This means everything in your life—your circumstances, your trials, your victories, your struggles—is a part of that “good work”. It is God Who is working in you and through you, even in the hard times.

Sometimes we think that God is only working when life is going well. But sometimes God does His deepest work through times of difficulty. That is when we claim Romans 8:28: “For we know that all things work together for good to those who love God.” God is shaping our character. He is strengthening our faith. He is teaching us to trust Him. My friend, there is nothing wasted in your life if you belong to Jesus Christ. It is all a part of the “good work” that God is doing in you today. And because of it, we can “be confident”!

As you think about this “good work” that God is doing in you and for you today, I trust that you will be encouraged!

God bless and may you have a wonderful, wonderful day!