Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Trust”
Our Bible verse for today: “I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion, until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “God’s not done with you yet.”
As I write this it’s very early in the morning and I’m getting ready to leave the house to make a long trip to Nashville. I have a meeting this morning with a young man I have been mentoring. He is currently doing time in a maximum security prison.
My friend is a Christian and he really is a fine young man. But he was raised in a bad environment which got him off to a pretty rough start in life. Since then he has made some poor decisions, the consequences of which are pretty severe. He makes no excuses and he doesn’t blame others. He knows that he’s responsible for his choices and for the consequences of those choices. The task now is to put the pieces of his life back together again and to move on with life in a positive way. I believe he will do exactly that.
It would be easy for a person in circumstances like that to conclude that his life is ruined and there is nothing good waiting for him in the future. But that would be a wrong assumption. As long as he stays in right relationship with God he will be fine. God is working in this young man’s life and God has a good plan for his future. All this guy needs to do is walk it forward with God, and to trust God.
That’s true in your life too. Regardless of your past, and regardless of whatever it is you’re going through right now, the truth is that God’s not done with you yet. If you’re a Christian then God has a great plan for you and even if you make mistakes along the way, God will never give up on you. He will keep guiding and directing and providing, all in an effort to get you where He wants you to be and to accomplish in your life the things He wants accomplished. As Paul wrote in Philippians 1:6, He started a good work in you, and He will stick with you until He brings it to completion.
I have often said (especially at funerals), that you cannot determine the full measure of a person’s life until that life has been fully lived. It’s true. As long as you are still living, God’s not done with you. It’s not until your last breath is breathed, and you are at home with Him in heaven, that the full story of your life can be told.
So here’s the good news: “God’s not done with you yet!” He has a good plan for you and He is in the process of bringing it to completion. Your job is to just trust Him and obey Him.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 