There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.
– Philippians 1:6 (The Message)
I am nothing if not a work in progress. I struggle so with worry and doubt. I wonder how anyone can put up with me – I would have lost patience with myself long ago. In fact, I have lost patience with myself, which probably explains much of the frustration I sometimes feel. I become vexed with myself for not doing better with things, for having to fight the perfectionism that threatens to cripple.
In those moments, I don’t often look for or hear God. I forget. I get so caught up in my anxieties and myself that I forget He’s with me. He has made a way for me. He is the one who will accomplish His “great work” and do so with a “flourishing finish.” While I am to join Him in that work, I am not the one responsible for its completion. It’s Him and Him alone.
Remembering that brings a steadiness when I am completely unsteady. I find myself in awe of His great love for me – me! I start to hear Him again, and, it turns out, He rejoices over me with singing. He wants me despite all my failures, fears, and weaknesses. He is the gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He will never, ever abandon or reject me. I am a work in progress. He is my Author, and He isn’t done with me yet.
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