https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/05/a-good-work
Our journey with God begins the day we accepted Christ in our lives. Different ones of us have a different start. Some of us might have started in our teens. Some of us when we were in University. Some of us after we started working and yet some of us later in life, after we married and have kids. For me, it was when I was 14 and later my whole family accepted Christ over the next few years – my sister, my mum then my dad. For some it could have been an immediate transformation but for me, I struggled for quite a number of years before giving my life fully to God and even then, there were ups and downs and times of backsliding and re-dedication.
So indeed our life with God is a journey. Our life on earth itself is a journey. It’s a discovery of the world and ourselves and how we could fit in, earn a living, raise a family and possibly make a name for ourselves and leave a mark and if we knew God already, how to leave a mark for God, make a difference for Christ in the lives of people we interact with.
The thing is our journey with God doesn’t actually begin the day we accepted Christ. It actually begins way, way before. God knew us even before we were formed in our mother’s womb. We were indeed fearfully and wonderfully made, knitted together in our mother’s womb and yet we were made in the spirit even before the foundations of the world. He chose us even before the foundations of the world (see Ephesians 1:4). Thus, even if we were physically formed in our mother’s womb, we were already created as spiritual beings by God much, much earlier.
The message today is that as God created and chose us at the beginning, He will complete His work in us. He who began a good work will carry it till completion until the day of Jesus Christ. See Philippians 1:6. As much as we will always remain work in progress, God will make sure we will be the completed product one day and the process will not be ceased and it will be relentless until we become complete. Only we can stop that process. Only we can mess things up by our rebellion and going against Him. It is not the devil. It is not the world. It is us and the God given free will to choose that will change the course that God wants us to travel on. There will be second, third and fourth chances as the Lord is gracious and compassionate but so long as we still have breath, and we do not know when we will breathe our last! God will carry the work to completion, we just need to let Him do it!
Ronnie's Thoughts 