Philippians 1:6 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.
A new year and a new decade is upon us. As we enter into 2010 we all have some unfinished work in us. We have dreams and visions of the future. We have promises to be fulfilled, and God desires to perform those things within our lives. He has begun this work and he will perform it.
In 2010 I believe it can be a year of “Rest and Completion”, if we will allow God to work in our lives. We need to rest in the fact that we can’t make these things happen on our own. Too many times we are struggling to try and make things happen. The scripture makes it clear who will perform these things. God! We simply need to believe that God will do what his word says he will do. We often say we believe and then we go out to try to make it happen on our own. We fail in our attempts and become very frustrated. No! Our job is to believe him, and rest in knowing that he will perform what he said he would do. If we will do this it will take much of our stress out of our lives and we will find we will be much more fulfilled and at peace.
Let’s look at Psalms 138:8, “ The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me….” What concerns you? The unfinished dreams, visions, goals, and promises that God has spoken to you? Yes! We all are concerned. Scripture says here that he will perfect those things that concerns us. The word perfect means to bring to completion. So, those dreams, visions, goals, and promises shall be completed. As we focus our attention on God’s word this year, let us rest in him. What he begun he will perform and complete. Yes, 2010 can be a year of “Rest and Completion”!
