Another Promise

         Projects are good to have in your life.  I have had quite a number of them.  There is one problem however, in that some of the projects don't get completed.  Some of them are still in the planning stage while others are in the stage of, "I bought the supplies and they are waiting to be used" stage.  Some might be half done.  We were going to paint the two posts of the clothes line this past summer.  We got the paint out of the basement, found the brush needed then discovered the old wire brush for removing the old loose paint had rusted away.  I ordered the new wire brush and it came and has been sitting next to the quart of brown paint and the paint brush for over a month.  Now, it is too cold and wet to paint the post.  for now, this project is unfinished. Some projects take longer to do than others.  Philippians 1:6 says, "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:"  
         I have been thinking about the promises of God that we find everyday in the Scriptures.  The passage for today is another one of those promises.  You see, God has a project and it involves the completion of a project.  The project is you and me.  The Apostle Paul was reminding the church at Philippi that they were part of God's projects and what He had started He would finish.  We realize that this enormous project starts the day we accept the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.   That is the beginning, but we are like newborn babes, being just born into the family of God.  We could take the analogy to the level of physical birth of our children.  We just don't give birth to them, give them a couple bottles of milk and then tell them that they are on their own and to do the best that they can.  It takes a lot more than that.  The same is true for the believer.  Salvation comes into our lives and then there is a process that has begun called "sanctification."    Peter reminded us of the "growth" that we are to have in our Christian lives.  The growth takes place from day to day and it is often a seemingly slow process.  Sometimes, the growth is hard to see from day to day.  We may think that it will never get done.  We may also think that God is not doing His part, but He is.  Paul promised us that God would perform the necessary task.  What God begins, He finishes and that is another great promise on which we can place our hope.  So, praise God today that God is working a project in you.