God Finishes What He Starts {Memorize Philippians 1:5-6}

It’s the dead of winter where many of us live. Trees are bare. Flowers are gone. Growth has gone underground.

Sometimes it feels like winter in our spiritual lives as well.

Memorize This Week

5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
6 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 1:5-6

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Spiritual Winter

In winters, we don’t see the fruit. Our work never feels finished. Growth seems underground.

We lack confidence that our purpose is being fulfilled. And we can’t imagine anyone else believing it about us either.

But in one of our memory verses this week, we hear otherwise.

In Paul’s letter to the believers in Philippi, he writes a striking statement, meant for them, but also applicable to us:

“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

While we may debate exactly what he means by “the day of Jesus Christ,” we can likely agree on this: When God begins a work, He finishes it.

God Finishes What He Starts

In each of our lives, God has begun a work. A good work.

And the work involves more than we know. We see our unfinished projects, goals, and assignments. But the underlying work also includes our transformation, our love for others, and our love for God.

Even when we don’t see progress above ground, God is busy underground. He not only has the will to make it happen, He has the power to do it.

Don’t discount the process just because you can’t yet see the results.

That should leave us with confidence. With hope. With faith.

Not haughty about our own ability to finish, but secure in the One who WILL bring it to completion.

We can count on it. Because we can count on Him.