When you look around your home, do you see unpleasant reminders of projects you started with enthusiasm but never finished because you lost interest? What remains is a memorial to good intentions and not enough follow-through. The saving grace of those half-finished efforts is they don’t run away. They are always there for us to finish when we find the time, money and energy. Unfortunately, it isn’t the same in our relationship with God.
The tragic reality is a person can start out so beautifully on fire for Christ, only to have the flames of faith slowly extinguished over time. It can be a crisis or the grinding routine, but by the end of life, the person has drifted away from Jesus.
This Sunday we’ll study the transition in Israel's history from the rule of the judges to that of kings. It started so well and ended pathetically. In some cases, it was just bad choices on the part of the kings; in others, it’s hard to know exactly what happened. But we do know for sure that the finish matters more than the start.
Where are you in your walk with Jesus Christ? Is he still in front, and do you joyfully choose to follow him each day, or do you find yourself drifting as the days go by, with him as a vague image in the distance? Do you need a spiritual jumpstart to help you finish even better than you started?
Sunday Morning Worship Service – 10:00 am