PHILIPPIANS 1:6

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

TO PONDER

Have you ever stopped and simply taken the time to ponder the wonderous works of our Heavenly Father. There are no instances of works half done or incomplete. They are all followed through to total and perfect completion. Starting from creation, He worked for six days to fully complete His work and make sure all was in order and perfect before He rested on the Sabbath (and Satan later intervened). No half-healing of the lame so they needed assistance via a crutch to hobble away. They got up and walked away. The same for leppers, the blind, mute, deaf, and demon possessed. Easter didn't conclude with Jesus' passionate death on the cross to free us of our sins but culminated in His resurrection to complete the work and overcome death and the devil forever!

This is our identity as children of God. We can be certain of what awaits us, and we can also have the utmost confidence that God will continue to walk with us on our every step through to the completion of our journey here on earth. Whether our journey concludes as we are called from this world to our eternal home in Heaven, or whether we are still present here on earth upon the second coming of our Lord when we will then, receive the promise of eternal life with Him and ALL believers in paradise.

Can you recall a time(s) where you didn't fully complete your work or give the Holy Spirit the opportunity to work within you to fully sow the seed of Christ for someone to hear?  How might you change this? 

PRAYER: Lord God. You have indeed fully completed the work and done all that is required for me to partake in the wondrous promise of eternal life that awaits me. Help me to allow You to continue to work through me via the Holy Spirit to fully complete the work of bringing others to you.  Amen 

Today's devotion written by Shane Burdack, LifeWy Epping