Be A Finisher

Be A Finisher “A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.” Proverbs 13:19 Have you ever had a desire or longing to do something so bad that you devote all your efforts to achieve it, but for various reasons it is never completed? I am sure most of us have experienced a similar situation in our lives where our dreams were not fulfilled. It is always fun to be creative, to give birth to new ideas, think of new places to go or new things to do. However so many of these creative dreams get left undone and unfulfilled. Jesus is an example of finishing what He started. Jesus was thirty years old when He began His ministry. His ministry went for three and a half years. He did many miracles, and touched many lives. He electrified the world through His twelve disciples. But hidden in the thousands of scriptures is a golden principle that revealed His power. It happened on the horrible day of His crucifixion. He was taunted by thousands, spears pierced His side, spikes were driven into His hands, and eight inches of thorns were crushed into His brow. That is when He uttered perhaps the greatest sentence ever uttered: “It is finished.” Jesus had completed His plan, and finished His task on earth. He had not been deterred, or distracted from His mission, and even though it was so difficult He had finished the race. Jesus finished what He started and did not quit, even though that would have been so easy for Him to do. I would encourage each of you to also become a finisher. Start today by completing the little things, call a sick friend, encourage someone, feed or clothe someone in need, find someone in need and help them. Stop finding excuses to keep from doing what you started. Look at what Jesus did and the sacrifice that He made on our behalf. Finish what you started and get the spirit of a finisher. My Daily Devotional Volume III June 1 Robert William Brock, Jr.