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Dig into your salvation, there is more there than you think! We have been given many items along with the salvation that became ours when we chose Jesus' gift. I say, dig in!

Paul said it too: Php 2:12* Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

If I may rephrase this verse...Paul says, 'You have always listened to my guidance, even in my absence. So now, even though I am not there, make note of this: Cultivate your salvation, using the inclusive things that God has given you, with a goal to bring yourself to completion in your experience, in Him. Do this knowing that it is all God, and none of yourselves, and humbly walk in Him and with the new possessions you find each day. Salvation is great...greater than you think! (The New VL Version)

I look at salvation as if it were a package. A package so big and so full that I could never get to everything in it. Each item is exciting and new. Surprise and joy come with each 'dive' into the package! We may find deliverance in an area that we thought we were doomed to fail in. We may find compassion for a person that we had once written off as the enemy. We will find grace for every turn in life.

Then there are talents. There are giftings. Areas that we find ourselves mysteriously proficient in for the Glory of God. Things that we could never accomplish before, now become lifestyle for us.

We find people in there too. Well, not the actual persons, but encounters with people. New brothers and sisters that come on the scene, each of them digging into their own package! Great fun and happiness!

We also find opportunities in the package. Places to minister. A new call to a new area of ministry. We find ourselves in situations that include people that need what God has taught us. And we find the Grace to share with them in the Love of God!

There is so much more, more than we can ask or think, in our package!

Imagine having such a package, but not opening it. Imagine choosing the status quo instead. After all, we know what is normal in life, with no risks and no adventure.

That would be silly, wouldn't it?

Don't be silly, then!

Dive in, and see what God has for you today!