DEVOTION -TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011

DEVOTION – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011

“Follow-through!”

By

Pastor BOB COY

He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. John 19:30 (NKJV)

Have you ever hired someone to do some work for you, only to realize later on that they never really completed the task you paid them to do? Or have you ever learned that a friend who promised to help you failed to follow through? It can be very frustrating!

Follow-through is a precious commodity in this day and age. If someone sticks to doing what he said he would do, it stands out in stark contrast to the way our world operates. Broken promises, half-completed projects, guarantees with an asterisk next to them…these are the things that we’ve come to anticipate and expect in life.

Then there’s Jesus, who kept every promise He ever made and always finished what He set out to do. He was a man of follow-through, and there’s no greater or more graphic example of this than the words He uttered on the Cross: “It is finished!”

“What’s finished?” The act of serving as our sin sacrifice. Jesus declared that He had come to save the lost, and this was never fully accomplished until He poured out His life for our sake on the Cross. Anything short of that would have left His mission undone. But He was faithful to see His mission through to the very end, and we’re saved as a result of that follow-through.

How humbling! That kind of follow-through isn’t just in short supply in our society, it’s in short supply in our own lives, as well. But if we’re truly committed to being like Jesus, then we’re going to grow in this area. We’re going to see the value in backing our words with our works, and we’ll have a reputation of finishing well.

If follow-through is lacking in your life, ask the Lord to help you grow in this area…then trust that He will, because He’s always faithful to follow through!