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Phillipians 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; Papa God chose each of us before the foundations of the Earth, and He gives us the choice to choose Him. When we chose Him, He begins a good work in us and promises to complete it. As we walk with Him, He's doing the process of completion. We're a "work in progress", and then we'll be done and go spend forever with Him. This completion is liken to a sculpture, tap tap tapping away at the things that don't fit into the sculptures final view of just what He feels is perfect for each of us. Most of those taps, are uncomfortable and hurt. Now what God has in mind for my perfect complete image is different from yours. When we look at one another, we may think, hmmm, that doesn't look like much. Sometimes it doesn't look like much because the sculptor is still working on one area that's important to Him that's not visible to others. Some times, the sculpture doesn't look so good because every time the sculptor begins tapping, and we feel the pain, and the sculpture doesn't like what the sculptor is doing and jumps off the platform believing he/she knows better. I did that in my life for several years, and it became obvious that my plan of sculpting wasn't working so well aka: big mess. Finally, I gave the chisel to the sculptor aka: God and told Him I didn't want it back. It was probably a LOT more painful than it would've been if I'd have just stayed on the sculptors platform, because I stuck a lot of things onto my sculpture that totally didn't belong,  but I can't do anything about that now. I can only go forward from here, trusting the sculptor to continue the good work He began in me, knowing when He's completed, I don't know what I'm gonna look like, but it's gonna be just like Jesus. Papa God, thank You for this precious promise, that You're working in my life, even when it either doesn't feel like it or it downright hurts. Give me the grace and discernment to always remember this verse along with Romans 8:28, that all things work together for my good because I love You and am called according to Your purpose, in Jesus name, Amen

When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, the Lord begins a good work in us. A work which starts with our salvation and continues throughout our lives with a process called sanctification. Sanctification is the process of spiritual growth carried out by the Holy Spirit in the lives of all believers. It starts with our salvation and continues until the "Day of Jesus Christ." The "Day of Jesus Christ" is that day when Christ our Lord comes for His children. Until that time arrives, God will continue His good work in us by the process of sanctification. The work of sanctification is carried out by the Holy Spirit who indwells each and every follower of Christ. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit who begins His work in our lives. First by changing our hearts, making us sensitive to the things of God and the promptings of God in our lives. Then, as we grow in Christ through the study of God's word the Holy Spirit helps us to better understand scripture which is God's revelation to us. And as we follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we grow in Christ and in the knowledge of His word. Then, as trials enter our lives we build up endurance as the Holy Spirit helps us to remain steadfast in Jesus through the trial at hand as we place our trust in God. And as a result God will use us more and more for His kingdom purposes. God has a purpose for your life, and He is using every circumstance to accomplish His purpose for you. God is doing a work right now in the life of every person reading these words. Even if you feel like your world is falling in around you, you can be grateful because God is doing a significant work in your life. I immediately see four things God has done, is doing, or will do in your life one day. First of all, God is doing a work in our lives called justification. Justification is an act of God that occurs the moment we call Christ our Savior, by which God declares us not guilty. God justifies us the moment we confess that we have sinned and that we need Jesus as our Savior. We admit to God that we can't save ourselves and commit to depend solely on what He did for us. Romans 5:1 says that those of us who have been "justified by faith" now "have peace with our God through our Lord Jesus Christ." The second work of God in our lives is glorification. This is something God will do to us in the future. Glorification is a work of God that will happen at the Rapture, when in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, God will take these old, worn-out, sinful bodies and transform them into brand-new bodies (1 Cor. 15:52-53). The third work God does in our lives is manifestation. Manifestation is something God does through us. God shows Himself to other people through us. Understand this distinction: good works do not produce salvation, but they do prove salvation. The Bible says that good works are the "fruit" of salvation (John 15:5). And the reason good works are so important after we're saved is that people see God manifesting Himself through our actions and they are attracted to God. That's why Jesus said, "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they might see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven" (Matt. 5:16). A fourth work God is doing in our lives is called sanctification. Sanctification is the process by which God shapes us into the image of Jesus Christ. Remember this: God is always doing a good thing in your life, not only through every happy experience, but also through every difficult experience. He is chiseling you and shaping you until you look just like Jesus Christ--in your attitudes, in your affections, and in your actions. That's what Paul was writing about in Philippians 1:6 when he said, "He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." The verb perfect in this verse means complete; in other words, God will keep working in your life to complete His good work in you until the day of Christ Jesus. It doesn't matter what you're going through right now; God has not abandoned you. You can be grateful no matter what your external circumstances are, because God is going to use all those things to accomplish His purpose for your life until you resemble the Lord Jesus Christ. God has chosen us that we might be holy. "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight" (Eph. 1:4). God predestined us "to be conformed to the likeness of his Son" (Rom. 8:29). Therefore we may conclude that what He has begun we may be sure He will perform. God has a plan and purpose for our life that will be for our good but most essentially for His glory.
How do we fit into this work of His grace and live day by day that "in all things He will be magnified" (Phil. 1:20)? First, we must realize that we are so easily blinded by self-love. We often form too favorable opinions of ourselves. Thus, we find ourselves with insincere repentance that has not looked deeply within at "everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles" (Heb. 12:1). 
We are determined to follow fully His leading and empowering of our lives, but all too often we are guilty of a partial reformation. When God heard Israel cry out in their trouble, He delivered them from their distress (Ps. 107:6, 13, 19, 28) only to see them rebel and murmur, then suffer affliction because of their iniquities. 
Often there is evidence in our lives of a hypocritical attachment to Christ that does not find our faith exercised in the reality of a devoted life in Christ. We profess faith in Christ but do not find our faith manifested in a devotion and commitment in our daily walk. Paul challenged the Christians at Colosse to..."live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way" (Col. 1:10). We need to put our faith in "shoeleather"!
We must examine the quality of our faith, our love, and our hope. Is our faith such that it acts in purifying our heart? Is our love motivated by His love within that constrains us to serve the souls of men with a pure heart and a contrite spirit? Is our hope so anchored in Christ and His Word that it carries us triumphantly through the difficulties we encounter? 
For the Holy Spirit to work freely and fully within our hearts, there must be a surrender of our will and a clean channel through which He can work. Our own presumptuous self-confident spirit, thinking "we" can do what only God can do, will hinder our spiritual progress. Our confidence, if truly spiritual, is only good when it is characterized by humility, watchfulness, gratitude and zeal. Try your work to see what kind it is. It must bear His divine stamp and character.
When we are under the authority of His lordship and the working of His grace, we will feel a deep sense of our unworthiness. We will be learning to lean fully on His sufficiency in all things and a determination within our hearts to live only unto the Lord. 
Our faith must motivate us to mortify all sin and seek to be clothed with the virtues of Christ. Our love must not be only "in word, but in deed and in truth." Our hope is the anchor of our soul and will keep us steadfast and true. We can then say with Paul, "I know whom I have believed, and am confident that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day" (2 Tim. 1:12). We have to open our hearts to the full working of His grace so He can bring to maturity that which He has begun in us.
Want a boost of encouragement? Our God is working toward that end in all of His children. It is His constant pursuit, His daily agenda, as He points us toward our final destination, "the Celestial City," as Bunyan calls it. Having cleansed our hearts of the debris of inward corruptions and the dust of sin's domination, God is now daily at work awakening grace within us, perfecting our character and bringing it to completion. As I think about our becoming people of awakening grace, I believe at least three things are involved in the process: First, it takes time. Learning anything takes time. Becoming good models of grace, it seems, takes years! Like wisdom, it comes slowly. But God is in no hurry as He purges graceless characteristics from us. But we can count on this, for sure: He is persistent. Second, it requires pain. The "dust" in our room doesn't settle easily. I know of no one who has adopted a "grace state of mind" painlessly. Hurt is part of the curriculum in God's schoolroom (Jas. 1:2-4). Third, it means change. Being "graceless" by nature, we find it difficult to be anything different. We lack it, we resist it, we fail to show it, but God never stops His relentless working. He is committed to our becoming more like His Son. You see, the devil hasn't changed his tactics. He's still mocking and throwing cold water on our walk with the Lord (1 Pet. 5:8). Get ready. If you don't feel the flames of ridicule now, just wait. Have you ever told someone that they wouldn't amount to anything? Has anyone ever told you that? Send those lies back to the pit of hell and rest in the promises of His Word that you are deeply loved and bought with the price of the Savior's own blood (1 Cor. 6:20). Here are some truths to remember: It is God's purpose to grow His children into the image of His firstborn Son, Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:29). That growth happens consistently and continually, even when we think the opposite of growth is happening (Rom. 8:28). We will grow up to full maturity in Christ--God has promised it (Phil. 1:6). All growth requires nurturing. If we provide the nutrients of obedience and faithfulness, God promises He will grow us up in Christ. When you look for spiritual growth in your life, don't just look in a mirror every few days. Take the long view--trust in the promises of God's Word--and you should see the evidence of God at work in your life over time. Oswald Chambers wrote this advice, "Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin."

This verse reminds me of another verse. For I know the plans I have for you,declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you,plans to give you hope and a future.(Jeremiah 29:11) We have to understand that God is a God of love but He is also a just God, there will be punishment for the guilty.Father thank you, that we get to choose either love or punishment.

God has begun a good work in you and He will carry it out to completion. Sometimes it feels to us like nothing is happening but God is always at work in our lives even if we don't see it.Never give up hope ,God has a good plan for you and He will see it finished.