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 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     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:”

     As a kid, I started a lot of things that never got finished, especially in the area of building something.  I wanted to have the finished product but couldn’t wait for all of the steps to get there, so I would leave a few steps out, glue it together and paint it.  It resembled the picture but was far from being complete.  We did have the opportunity to view sme tapestries while in Spain that actually took years to complete and when viewed from the underside were rather ugly until you turned around and looked at the intricate work on the top side.

     God knows what the finished product is supposed to look like in the case of each and every person.  He knows what it is going to take in order to get the finished product ready.  What we don’t know is how long it is going to take.  For us, the process will last our entire lifetime and we won’t be finished until He is done making us what we ought to be.  Sometimes, His tools are hard on us as His hammer and chisel form us into the end product.  Paul here reminds the Philippians that God has started the work and that He will finish it.  We would love to be formed instantly into the most loving, patient, joyful person on earth but it doesn’t take place overnight.  God is the architect and the builder and He knows what He is doing.  There have been times when I have questioned His methods but they are few indeed as in the end, I know there is no use questioning God and His methods.  As it says, the pot doesn’t question the potter.  As my friend says, “It is what it is.”  We can be assured that we will definitely be pleased with His creation in us.  We won’t complain about our noses or our ears or the amount of joy in our life pr the comfort level of this or that.  It will all be perfect because God is perfect.  One example I often refer to is that of patience.  Many people have expressed to me that they are not patient.  I can say the same thing.  I am not a patient person.  When I would go to a fast food place and get in the shortest line only to find that the person in front of me is getting sixty sausage biscuits and thirty cups of coffee.  The shorter line then becomes the one that doesn’t move.  So, I move to another line and eventually get to place my order only to find that the line I was in is complete and I would have been better off staying in the first line.   I had prayed to God to help me be patient and so He gives me a lesson to t ry my patience.  Then I remember, Tribulation works patience.  Eventually, God will finish His work and I will be with Him in glory.  Praise God that He is not finished with us yet.