Do all things without grumbling...

Philippians 2: 12-15

¹²Therefore, 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, ¹³for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. ¹⁴Do everything without complaining or arguing, ¹⁵so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe...

One way to make the gospel beautiful is to "do everything without complaining or arguing." And I living this way is simply being obedient to God's word. It is cool that in this command we can see why God might call us to do this (i.e. to put the gospel on display to a lost world). It also gives us insight into the world around us. It is "crooked and depraved," and we are called to be "blameless and pure." We are called to image God's holiness rather than the lostness of the world.

So this is my challenge this week; to do all things without complaining or arguing (ESV - grumbling of questioning). The only way I can do this is with divine strength, meaning it is only possible (and entirely possible) because I've been saved by the blood of the Lamb.