Thursday, August 21, 2014

The Great Project Finisher

Today's blog post is contributed by David Trotta:


I was recently reviewing a job posting for an open project manager position at a local company, but instead of referring to the traditional “project manager” job title, the posting used the terminology “project finisher,” emphasizing the need for a candidate who can not only manage a project, but bring it to completion.

As Christians, we follow the ultimate project finisher – God!  He specializes in taking on difficult projects – conforming you and I into the image of His son – and bringing them to completion.  He doesn’t leave anything half done.  He promises to finish what He started.  Philippians 1:6 says “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

So, the next time you are tempted to become discouraged or throw in the towel because of repeated failures and (what appears to be) slow progress in your quest to think and act more like Jesus, keep your eyes fixed on Him and remain unwavering in your belief that God is completing the good work He started in you.

After all, God has a vested interest in completing the work He began in you, because He has specific tasks He needs you to carry out here on earth.  Ephesians 2:10 says “For you are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that you would walk in them.”

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