Unfinished
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6
Sometimes we're tempted to just give up. We look at ourselves and realize we are far from being perfect Christians. Anger still makes us raise our voice. Jealousy still blinks its green eyes. Impatience still causes us to tap our feet. We think, "I'm not living like I should. What kind of Christian am I?"
What kind of Christians are we? We're works in progress.
When we gave our lives to Christ, God began a good work in us. The Bible says that we are "his workmanship" (Ephesians 2:10). The Greek word we translate as "workmanship" is poiema. This is where we get our word poem.
God is a poet wanting to create beautiful poetry in our lives. He may need to change a word here or switch a couple of lines there, but He won't quit revising until He has a poem that shows forth His beauty.
God isn't the type of poet who throws His unfinished poems in the trash. He loves us too much to do that. His Son's blood is the ink He uses to write each line. Such ink is too precious to waste.
When we look at our flaws and consider giving up, we need to remind ourselves that God isn't finished with us yet!
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