God gave grace to Paul for his trials and afflictions and allowed the Philippians to be partakers of that grace. Therefore, Paul thanked God for them and made request to God for them with joy. He was thankful for their faithful fellowship in the gospel and was confident that God would finish the work He had begun in them.
Today, God gives us grace in our trials and afflictions. He allows us to be partakers of each other’s trials and afflictions as we fellowship together as saints in Christ Jesus. We can be thankful that we have the fellowship of one another in the gospel, and we can be confident that God will finish the work He has begun in us. Even this trial with the Corona Virus is part of God continuing the work He has begun in us. Tonight I thank God that He loved us so much and gave us this grace and fellowship together in the gospel as we go through hard times. I thank God that we can be partakers together of this grace.