04/11/2025
*Good morning, here's Today's Devotion.* ( Day 308)
Tuesday 04 November 2025
By _Etyang_ _Richard_
*Topic* : Let Us Work Out Our Salvation
*Reading* : Philippians 2:12-13
“Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
( *NLT* )
*Luganda*
_Abafiripi_ _2:12_ - _13_
12"Kale, abaagalwa bange, nga bwe mwawuliranga ennaku zonna, si nga nze lwe mbeerawo lwokka, naye kaakano okusinga ennyo nga ssiriiyo, mutuukirizenga obulokozi bwammwe bennyini n'okutya n'okukankana;
13 kubanga Katonda yakoza mu mmwe okwagala n'okukola, olw'okusiima kwe okulungi."
*Swahili*
_Wafilipi_ _2:12_ - _13_
[12]Basi, wapendwa wangu, k**a vile mlivyotii sikuzote, si wakati mimi nilipokuwapo tu, bali sasa zaidi sana mimi nisipokuwapo, utimizeni wokovu wenu wenyewe kwa kuogopa na kutetemeka.
[13]Kwa maana ndiye Mungu atendaye kazi ndani yenu, kutaka kwenu na kutenda kwenu, kwa kulitimiza kusudi lake jema."
Some people are really into exercise. They love to work up a sweat, go on a run, or lift weights. I hate all of it. And I know I’m not alone in that. But the fact of the matter is that we really need to exercise. We can’t hire someone to work out for us. It’s something we have to do for ourselves. In Philippians 2:12–13, the apostle Paul addresses a similar spiritual reality.
Paul was in prison in Rome when he wrote the words in today's text. He was experiencing anxiety over the fact that he was separated from his fellow believers, whom he cared so much about.
Effectively Paul was saying, “Look, guys, I cannot be with you right now. I wish I were there to offer you guidance and to be a good example for you, but I cannot do it. But don’t forget: It is God who works in you, and not Paul.”
The believers in Philippi may have been thinking, “We cannot live the Christian l
