Unfinished

"...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...."
Philippians 1:6

When I was a boy growing up in Indiana, we lived on a couple acres of land, nestled between soy been fields and corn fields. My dad wanted to put a sidewalk all the way to the back of the property, so he hand dug the sidewalk, formed it, and poured about a third of it with concrete. I'm not sure why he stopped, whether for lack of money, lack of time, or lack of want to, but I remember that sidewalk remaining in that unfinished state for a long time.

Sometimes, I believe we look at our lives as if they were like that unfinished sidewalk of my childhood. Yes, God started the work alright, and it started out well, but here we are, and it seems so unfinished, with so much more ahead of us, and we wonder. Perhaps we even think that what was begun is ugly and deformed because of its unfinished state.

Well, take heart, beloved, because a rendering of the old phrase, "God isn't finished with you yet!" And more than that, regardless of what you think your life may look like to you and others, to God it is a beautiful creation! Beloved, we have His promise, that what He has begun to do in your life and with your life, He will complete it. Paul says that he is confident of this very thing. As we grow in our walk with God, we learn more about Him. We learn that His Word is true, and truth, and what He says, He will do. So take heart, my brothers and sisters. What God has begun in your life, He will finish in your life. He will complete it.

Beloved, I encourage you today, to just take a moment, or a few moments throughout your day, and just sit at the feet of Jesus, and worship Him, and let Him feed you from His hand. Spend some time today reading His Word, for He says He exalts His Word above His name (Psalm 138:2). Let our Lord love you like no other. I leave you with this thought: He who knows you best (all the foibles and quirks and imperfections), loves you best, with an agape love that never stops loving, no matter who you are, what you've done, or where you've been. Just come to Him today, and spend some time at the Master's feet. You may feel unfinished, because you are. But He has promised to bring the work to completion, in you and me. Shalom.