May 7, 2023: He Will Finish What He Started!

"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." (Philippians 1:6, ESV)

The Apostle Paul had such a vision for the churches he started. Do you have this kind of vision for your children, grandchildren, and friends? Do you have the confidence in God to say to others, "that He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it!"

A good work is a work that is most excellent. When God saved us, He did it in a most excellent way! He took what was dead and made it alive! He took what had no value to most and made it of exquisite value to Him. God started this work, and Paul is declaring over the Philippian church that God will finish what He started. God leaves nothing undone!

The word completion carries this understanding: to fulfill, to end, to carry through, and to celebrate, as in a wedding or feast. God does nothing halfway when He saves us. He saves us and prepares us to be the beautiful bride of His Son, clothed in splendor and majesty. We are to be something that God celebrates!

God is doing this work, and it will be completed at the coming of His Son. Paul was not just looking for converts He was looking for those who would know Jesus, govern their lives by Jesus' teaching, and passionately pursue Jesus' mandate to make disciples. He is not done with you! He started the work in you. He will finish it!