Complete!

Complete!

Philippians 1:6 AMP

[6] I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and compl ete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return]. [Rom 14:10]

Paul and Timothy as bond-servants of Christ Jesus were writing to the church in Phillippi, addrressing all God’s people in the church, as well as their overseers and deacons. The men knew their mission and calling; and the name they called themselves or the way they were addressed by other people was not as important as the clear mission that they had received. Am I focused on titles and how I am addressed, or am I able to see clearly where God leads, and willing and ready to obey Him? Are you? When the purpose and direction of a man are clearly laid out, he is able to avoid distractions on the way to fulfilling God's purpose for his life. That is man's most important discovery and discipline.

Paul and Timothy would know the value of the lessons in the verse above. Both did not start well; at least, by the account of their lives in the bible, but we know now how it ended. Who says it is over when God is just starting? Who puts a period where God has not stopped flowing in and through? My present does not in any way look like what the future holds. The present can never accurately predict what the future holds in place, and I must not let my present be so powerful that it can keep me from seeing all that God has in store. Yes, the present may be the current reality, but in the hands of God, there is no life so far gone that it is beyond the amazing grace of God. It matters that it is placed in the care of the One who formed it and gave it its purpose.

Paul started out as a persecutor; he ended up a promoter of the gospel. Timothy would not have stood a chance due to his birth father, but by God's intervention, he was able to minister across cities together with Paul, involved in letters to the churches in Corinth, Phillippi, Colosse, Thessalonica, as well as personal letters to Philemon. It matters in whose hands it is placed. Wealth, influence and possessions by themselves cannot buy you eternity; only that which God is and gives can guarantee you eternity with Him. He is the Owner and Giver of life. Trust Him with yours and there will be no eternal regrets. God's time of favour is here.