Finisher (Part 1)

Finisher (Part 1)

God is a finisher and He wants you to finish! 

-He instituted His purposes from the foundation of the world.

-He is constantly at work bringing all things to pass on the basis of His will.

-He declared in the book of Revelation that His plan will be completed.

Jesus had a passion to finish what God gave Him to do.  This fervor transcended even His natural desires, enabling Him to proclaim in John 4:34, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work." Finishing was what motivated Jesus and kept Him going in the difficult times.  His final words on the cross in John 19:30 were,  "It is finished."

Victory over the enemy comes through finishing, not just beginning or trying. When they put the first nail in Christ's hand He might have said, "That's it...I'm out of here!" and called for the angels to deliver Him.  But Jesus knew if He did this He would not fulfill God's purpose.  It was when He finished the sacrifice on Calvary that the rewards of salvation, healing, and deliverance became realities.

God determined before you were born what He wants to accomplish in your life.   The Bible declares that you are God's workmanship "created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them" in Ephesians 2:10.  God ordained the path you are to walk, but the enemy comes through the guilt of your past circumstances, failures, and sins to declare that you will not be able to finish your course.

The Bible describes four attributes of a finisher that will empower you to fulfill your destiny.  These are identified in 1 Peter 5:5-10:

"Likewise, you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders.  Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.  Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him,  for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant;  because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.  But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered  a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you."