Can I tell you something, just between the two of us? I mean, if this gets out it might just ruin my reputation, so I’d appreciate you keeping this just between the two of us. Not kidding. Really, it’s that big of a deal.
Okay. Here it goes…
There are days when I feel as though I haven’t made any progress in my spiritual life whatsoever.
I know…right? Crazy, but true.
I’ll be plugging along, hands lifted in worship, praising Jesus left and right, and then suddenly BAM, out of nowhere, I stub my spiritual toe and I’m back at square one in my walk with God. It could be a bad attitude, or a willful sin, a thoughtless act, or just a plain old rotten day…but whatever it is it hits me square in the jaw and lays me flat.
The aftermath is horrible. I struggle through an ocean of discouragement, feelings of guilt and shame, all the while depression comes along and stomps on my heart. I wonder, I can’t help it, but I wonder if God’s finished with me yet.
I wouldn’t blame God if He did give up on me. If I were Him, I would.
But here’s the thing…God gets me. He knows that I’m a mess, but I’m His mess, and He’s told me that He’s in it for the long haul. He’s promised me that my life isn’t incomplete or unfinished and I don’t need to be distressed because He’s not finished with me yet.
You see, my progress in my spiritual life isn’t based on what I do, or don’t do. It’s entirely based on what God does, and will do…and there is so much joy in that.
“And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” Philippians 1:6
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