…being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6
It's the end of construction season in Michigan lately....all of the road projects that have been clogging up the highways for months are being cleared out and cleaned up, and after that are roads so smoooth you can rollerskate on them. They are lovely to drive on....not a single pothole or construction cone anywhere!
But what a pain in the butt this summer! Every detour we took was lined up with traffic from everyone else trying to avoid road work. The “road less traveled” just meant there were that many more cars at a standstill in one lane instead of two. All summer, construction disrupted my travel habits.
It's a lot like God. When we give Him our lives, telling Him we submit to His best, He takes us at our word! And the overhaul begins and he upends our lives in a particular area, changing patterns and ways of interacting that we've gotten comfortable with: They weren’t very effective, of course, but they were familiar and they get you where you're oing eventually.
In His kindness, God had a smooother way in mind. A way that would result in our looking a whole lot more like the “real me" that He has planned. So the inconvenience began, the pain was no fun, it felt like we lost more than not…and it sure took longer than anyone would have liked. But what a difference it makes....At the end, it's worth it.
I'm celebrating beautiful, well-constructed highways today! I'll try to remember this moment next summer when those orange-vested crews start in again. We can be sure, though, that God will complete what he starts in us, because he loves us, and one day we will be complete!
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