God always finishes what He begins. He never leaves anything half completed. And that includes our lives. Don’t you love the promise in Philippians 1:6: “Being confident of this very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
The words “will perform” is the word Greek word “epiteleo” and it means “to finish, to complete, to end.” As we yield ourselves to the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives, He will keep working in us to the very end. He doesn’t want us to come limping over the finishing tape but leaping and bounding. The Message says that He will bring our lives to “a flourishing finish.” I love that.
Peter encourages the believers to keep on adding godly attributes to their faith so they will have an ABUNDANT entrance into the everlasting kingdom (2 Peter 1:11). How do you want to go into the eternal kingdom? Abundantly? Triumphantly? Grandly? A flourishing finish? That’s what I want, don’t you?
Of course this will only happen as we CONTINUE on in the faith. Life on this earth is not always easy. We face challenges and difficulties. But we don’t give up. We continue plodding on because we look for a heavenly city. We live this life in preparation for the eternal kingdom which is the REAL world.
Proverbs 4:18; “The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth MORE AND MORE unto the perfect day.”
Philippians 1:6 is not only a wonderful promise for yourself, but you can pray it over your husband and your children too.
Be encouraged and blessed, today,
Nancy Campbell