I AM UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Some of us do not have all the "carry through" we would

like.  How many incomplete projects do you have sitting

around?  Or things that you want to do - some day?

And, even worse, a concern about finishing life it's self

and being ready to stand before God at the end of our 

earthly life.

There is one of the truths of the Scriptures that is a real

comfort to myself.

"And I am certain that God, who began the good work

within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished

on the day when Christ Jesus returns."

(Philippians 1:6 NLT)

What is the good work that God began?

Very few people over all have God working in them at all.

They are living and working for themselves rejecting 

what God wants to do for them.

The "the good work" that is being spoken of here is;

the work that God does in a person who has submitted

to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  When we submit to 

Jesus Christ and invite him in to run our lives He

places in us His Holy Spirit.  Then, we have two

natures in us.  One of course is the natural nature

that is in very person alive.  The other is the nature

of God Himself, or the Holy Spirit.

It is this nature, the nature God has put in us that

causes us to be "Born Again" as is it is often called.

And God will continue to give us life through that 

new nature until Jesus Christ returns to this earth to

to rule and reign over his creation.

The Apostle Paul who was the writer of the above

Scripture also said it another way about this good

work that God has started in a "TRUE" Christian.

"He will keep you strong to the end so that you

will be free from all blame on the day when

our Lord Jesus Christ returns."

(1 Corinthians 1:8 NLT)

You and I both know that life is not easy.  We

have our "up's" (mountain tops") and our "downs"

(valleys) in this life.  God has it that way on purpose,

 to help us grow into what He is trying to make us

into.

I like the way Kathryn Kuhlman said it;

"Christian character isn't made on the

mountain top.  It's made in the valley."

One more thought about God completing

His work in me.  Speaking of the Lord Jesus

Christ the writer of the Hebrews stated;

"Therefore he is able, once and forever,

to save those who come to God through

him.  He lives forever to intercede with

God on their behalf." 

(Hebrews 7:25 NLT)

Did you catch that?

Those of us who come to God through

Jesus Christ, Jesus himself will be 

interceding to God the father for us forever.

Let me close with part of a children's song

the Hemphills wrote. Yes, I know it is childish, 

but so true.

"He's still working on me

To make me what I need to be

It took him just a week to make the moon and stars

The sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars

How loving and patient He must be

'Cause He's still working' on me."