The world is
full of "starters." We all know people who are always starting new
projects. The post office would be rich if we had to mail every letter
that we started but failed to finish. How many billions of times a year
to people start diets? In addition, all of us are members of the
FSA--Future Starters of America. "I'm going to start getting up earlier
in the morning." "I'm going to start my longer assignments earlier
this year so that I don't have to do them all in one night." "I'm going
to start having daily devotions tomorrow." "I'm going to start serving
God as soon as . . ."
Satan probably thinks a great deal of "starters." They use their "starting" to soothe their consciences, to hide their apathy, to seek to impress men, to deceive themselves into thinking that they are obedient to God. The Devil has them right where He wants them.
Our Savior is a finisher. "He loved them unto the end." "I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gave Me to do." "It is finished!" "He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ." "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending."
Satan hates finishers. They are unstoppable--unconquerable--victorious to the end.
A "starter" is really just a quitter who hides the inevitable end with empty promises or with brief exertions of energy and direction. "Demas has forsaken me having loved this present world and is departed."
A finisher is one who follows in the footsteps of His Savior--to the end. "Though none go with me, still I must follow." "I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith."
The question is obvious: which will I be? A starter or a finisher? Remember Satan doesn't mind good intentions--as long as they're just for starters.
Satan probably thinks a great deal of "starters." They use their "starting" to soothe their consciences, to hide their apathy, to seek to impress men, to deceive themselves into thinking that they are obedient to God. The Devil has them right where He wants them.
Our Savior is a finisher. "He loved them unto the end." "I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gave Me to do." "It is finished!" "He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ." "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending."
Satan hates finishers. They are unstoppable--unconquerable--victorious to the end.
A "starter" is really just a quitter who hides the inevitable end with empty promises or with brief exertions of energy and direction. "Demas has forsaken me having loved this present world and is departed."
A finisher is one who follows in the footsteps of His Savior--to the end. "Though none go with me, still I must follow." "I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith."
The question is obvious: which will I be? A starter or a finisher? Remember Satan doesn't mind good intentions--as long as they're just for starters.
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