TUESDAY August 20, 2024

What God Starts, He Will Complete

...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

Paul had great confidence in all the believers’ futures in Philippi. He knew that as God had begun a good work in their lives, He would complete His work in them. Paul had an unwavering confidence because his confidence was in God. Without any doubt, he gave believers an utmost assurance that God would always be with them.

This is a Scripture you can underline in your Bible because this is also a sure promise for you! If God has begun a good work in your life, He is never going to forsake you––never––ever. God will not give up on you as long as you do not give up on Him. Abide in Him, and He will remain with you! John 15:4 simply gives us this truth: “Abide in Me, and I in you.”

God will work in your life until the very day you die and stand in His presence! Again, God will not give up on you. He will complete the work that He has promised He would do. What does that tell you about Him? God is faithful! He will use you to the very end of your life. Continue to seek Him; He will be faithful to finish the work He has started in you.

It is important to understand how God began His work in your life. It began with the work of salvation. It all started when you placed your faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Salvation is the free gift of God, and it is a supernatural work. It is the process by which the child of God goes though regeneration, justification, sanctification, and finally glorification.

If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, all you have to do is repent of your sin, confess, and accept Him. So simple and so easy. Will you accept the gift of salvation God has offered to you? If you do, He will fill you with His joy as you become a brand-new person.

Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life.
~J. C. Ryle~

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