He Who has Begun Good Work in You will Complete It

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Phi. 1:6 “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

A famous painter came out with his canvas but he only had a few dabs of paint on it. He said to an onlooker, “This is an absolute masterpiece”. The person looked at it and said, “There are only a few dabs on that canvas”. The painter said, “Oh, you’re just looking at what’s there. I’m looking at the finished product”. An artist can look ahead and see the finished product, whereas someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing can only see a few dabs of paint on a canvas.

Paul is telling us in the verse above that we need to be confident that because God has started a good work in us, it is also His job and His responsibility to finish what He started. He will complete it. Many of us need to hang on to this scripture for our own lives. God works in us to conform us into the image of His Son Jesus Christ. We need to rest in this blessed hope.