He Will Finish What He Started

When a dream is placed within your heart, do you know where it originates? Is the dream of selfish origin or God’s true desire for your life? God knows the desires of our hearts, before we can even imagine those desires. Sometimes I catch myself believing that because God knows those desires that He’s willing to grant those desires immediately. My desire to buy my first home is one that I feel is deeply rooted in something that God planted in my heart many years ago but the waiting game is about to rob me of my joy. I seek God’s guidance and signs of His will for this desire. I was touched by Joel Osteen’s devotional for today which touched on this verse: “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” Hebrews 12:1-2a

What the Bible is telling us here is that God will finish what He started. If the dream is what He started within your heart, He will finish it! I feel that this dream is what He planted within my heart for many reasons but mainly because I feel that it is. I have asked God to make this work together if this is His plan and bit by bit, things continue to come together. Let me be the first to say that it is not at the speed that I would want! Anyone who knows me knows that patience is not one of my top virtues. Waiting for this to come to pass is testing my faith as well as my patience. The logical part of my brain wants to tell me to give up and move on with my life. The spiritual part of my heart says “Hang on! The best is yet to be!” These two parts of my inner being are at constant war and it’s as though no one but me comprehends the war within. I would be lying if I said that I am not disappointed that God didn’t put this together sooner. I would also be lying if I said that I didn’t see signs of God’s perfect plan coming together.

The old saying is that “to get something you’ve never had, you’ve got to do something you’ve never done.” This holds so true with what God has in store for us. In my case, I’ve got to practice patience and stretch my faith to my utmost ability. This experience is testing me for growth that I have yet to experience but that God holds in store for me. I cannot let the doubt that ensnares me, to prevent me from working towards God’s dream for my life. I may be running this race but He is finishing it for me. Having the faith that it takes to finish this race is like stretching my hands to the sky and pushing until I reach the clouds. For now, I’m still reaching…my faith is still growing. I won’t quit until my faith is flourishing and the race is won.