DAILY DEVOTIONAL
| March 15 | ||
| ... I have finished the work ... | ||
| John 17:4 | ||
| ‘I have finished the
work.’ Not, ‘I started it’; not, ‘I thought
about it’; not ‘I was going to get to it.’ The roads
from Bible studies and Bible conferences are strewn with the broken
commitments of men and women who began but never finished what God told
them to do. I’m sure glad that after Noah finished the frame on
the ark, he didn’t say, ‘Close enough. We don’t need
a roof.’ No, he finished the work. He completed the task. If he
hadn’t, we would all be sunk. What about you? If you knew you only had a few hours to live, could you say, ‘Father, I finished the work You gave me to do'? Or would you say, ‘I know you put this on my heart last year and I meant to get to it, but ...’? Have you finished the work? Saul didn’t ... Let not one Amalekite remain,’ Samuel told Saul (see 1 Samuel 15:3). And Saul killed almost every one — but he decided to keep Agag, king of the Amalekites as a trophy. Twenty five years later, wounded in battle, rather than being captured by the enemy, Saul turns to a young man on the field and says, ‘Kill me.’ And the young man — an Amalekite — did just that. Where did he come from? Somewhere along the way, Agag fathered a son. What has God called you to do? What has He spoken to your heart about? Maybe it’s some sin, or something that’s got to go, and you think, ‘Well, I’ve got it pretty much taken care of. I know the Lord’s told me not to do this, but I’ve cut way back.’ ‘Have you finished it?’ ‘No, but I’ve got it under control.’ Watch out. Agag is out to get you. ‘It Is Finished,’ cried Jesus from the Cross. I’m so glad He didn’t say, ‘I almost did it, but ’m going to come down now’ — because if He had come down from the Cross, we would go down to hell. He paid the price. He finished the Work. |
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| This Daily Devotional is an excerpt from the book "A Days Journey" by Pastor Jon Courson. "A Days Journey" is a collection of 365 short devotions from the New Testament. If you would like your own copy of "A Days Journey" you may click here to go to the SearchLight Store |
NKJV
Rom 12:1-2"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
COMMUNITY
Acts 2:46-47"So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved."