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"He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion....Phil 1:6

Camping in the Book of Philippians these days I have been really blessed by this verse:
"And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." Phil 1:6
The apostle Paul says that he is sure of this: that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ."

GOD begins this work. Not yourself, not your parents, not anyone but God Himself.
What is the work that GOD began in us?
It is a work of grace. It begins when we first believe in the work He first began for us on the cross at Calvary. Dear Reader do you believe in this work of grace that God has extended to you in and through His Son Jesus? Do you realize  how impossible it is for anyone to get to heaven?That we are all sinners, and that Jesus Christ is the only way to get to the Father. That when Jesus said that He is the only way to the Father He meant that He is the only way. That there are not many roads that lead to Him. That our good works, our reputation, our integrity, our church attendance, our religious denomination...none of this will be enough. Jesus is the only Way.

The work He began is good. This is the work of maturing in Christ. Sanctification. It is a process. It involves refining and therefore requires change. Refining and change are often painful, specially when it is meant to result in growth. In John 15:1 Jesus says: I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

God is committed to completing what He started. 
Loved One are you in a season of wondering if you are making any headway in this Christian life? I feel like that just now. Stuck somewhere in the middle. Are you discouraged, dry, incapable, so aware of your failures? Remember that He will not let go of you. He will complete what He started. He is with you all the way through and even though you do not see it sometimes, He is at work.

Good news - there is an end date! Not so good news - you don't get to decide on the timeline or the process. This work that God has started in me will be completed at the day of Jesus Christ. It will be completed the day I see Him face to face. It is completed for Julius.  It will be completed forever the day He comes back as righteous judge.

To quote The Message: "There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears." Phil 1:6

It will be a flourishing finish. Because Our God is awesome and His works are marvelous. Hang in there dear child of God. He who spoke the universe into being and hung the stars on nothing, is known to make beauty out of ashes. The Potter is shaping you to be like more like His Son. Yield to Him and to His Hand not matter how hard it seems.

  

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