FEELING INCOMPLETE?

A range of emotions overtook me as I dug through boxes of things I had tucked away. Though the emotions varied, sadness was in the majority.  Unfortunately, this trip down memory lane reminded me of one of my many character flaws. I am great at starting things. I have so much motivation and enthusiasm in the beginning; however, when it comes to it, I seriously struggle with completing what I start. I leave many things incomplete. I have many reminders of this fact: half finished crafts, remnants of business ventures I started; numerous book titles that stare at me from my shelves that I have started to read, but as of yet not finished, and the list goes on and on. They all seem to highlight the fact that I struggle with completing things. I do have an explanation for leaving so many incomplete things; it is because I get bored or side tracked easily which means I jump from one thing to the next without finishing any of them. The end result is an accumulation of quite a few almost done, nearly complete, or barely started projects.

As I continued to go through more things, I quickly became overwhelmed by it all and feelings of inadequacy started to creep up in me. It wasn’t too long before I began to slip into a funk. I thought to myself: “I leave so many things incomplete. How can I expect God to finish things in my life, if I can’t complete the things I start? He can’t use me like this!” And so the pity part began… The party was short-lived because it wasn’t too long before the Holy Spirit spoke to me. He reminded me of one fact that trumps all of my incomplete projects and that is this:

 God Always completes what He starts! 

I realized that though I myself am an incomplete work, thankfully God doesn’t get bored or simply give up on dealing with me and my issues. He won’t leave me unfinished or incomplete. 

The truth of the matter is, there may be many things in my life that I may not ever complete, BUT I am so grateful that who I am in Christ will not be in the number. There are many areas in my life I know God is working on. I am a work in progress and I trust that He will continue to mold and shape me into who He created me to be. I just have to yield myself to His process. I can rejoice in knowing that my “incomplete work” status won’t be this way always and you need to know that neither will yours. If we will allow Him to, God will continue to work on us to make us more like Him. Be encouraged today!

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Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6

Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2