PASSIONATE PURSUIT...HE IS A FINISHER

​PHILIPPIANS 1:6
BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS VERY THING, THAT HE WHICH HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL PERFORM IT UNTIL THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST.
HEBREWS 12:1-2
WHEREFORE SEEING WE ALSO ARE COMPASSED ABOUT WITH SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES, LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN WHICH DOTH SO EASILY BESET US, AND LET US RUN WITH PATIENCE THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US, FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SHAME, AND IS SET DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF GOD.
I thank God for a finishing Spirit. Before I encountered the Lord Jesus I attempted to accomplish a lot of things without the leading of the Holy Spirit, but the Lord turned things that were meant for my bad and made all things work together for the good for the personal and business endeavors. However, when I allowed the Lord to do a work in my life there was a spiritual shifting and the focus moved to pleasing God and understanding the Lord’s will and purpose for my life. Because I was surrendered to the leading of the spirit, there was the accompaniment of assurance and confidence because it was the Lord and not me. Paul also testifies that He prayed with joy for our fellowship of the gospel and that his spirit was confident and assured that the Lord Jesus who has began a good work would perform it.
This is a distance journey. Yet, the Lord Jesus Christ has strengthened us to endure and run with patience to the finish line. He strengthens us to the finish. The Lord Jesus set the standard for us by enduring the cross and nailing the shame and all the sin to it. He has given us the invitation to come boldly to the throne of grace and ask anything according to his will and he will do it.
Romans 9:26-28
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Esaias also cried concerning Israel, though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.
For he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
We have encountered and endured many offences with people who have conspired, lied, and hated without cause. Yet, the Lord has strengthened us to grow and elevate above the cares of this world. He has endowed us with heavenly treasures in the midst of these earthen vessels to include the fruits of long suffering, patience, self-control, gentleness, and love without dissimulation. Many have counted the persecuted and afflicted Christians as cast aways and sheep for the slaughter. The have counted us as not His people based on what they thought they knew and what they have assumed. However, the Lord Jesus Christ has stated that there will always be a remnant no matter how they attempt to eliminate and substitute for the true spirit of the Lord. He is always saving, healing, delivering, and doing the works of the spirit. He will finish the work that he has established in us before the foundation of the world. Even when the Lord cuts things short with his coming, the end result is still righteousness in the sight of the Most high God. Likewise, with the Lord’s chosen, we must endure the cross…carry the cross. The guilt and shame has been put to death. There is no shame in giving yourself unto Jesus as a living sacrifice that is acceptable unto God. I am full persuaded that what Jesus has spoken by His Holy Spirit and promised, He is more than able to perform it. He will do it. #FAITH #HOPE #LOVE