April 29: He Who Began a Good Work

You’re close to finishing your inventory, and somehow you feel more unfinished than ever.

That’s a strange feeling, but it’s common. You’ve looked at a lot. You’ve seen patterns you didn’t know were there. You’ve named fears and harms you’d buried for years. Now you can see clearly how much needs to change, and it might feel like too much.

Paul wrote this letter from prison. He had every reason to be discouraged. But he was confident about one thing: the God who began a good work in his friends would carry it on to completion.

Notice who’s doing the work. Not you. God began it. God will complete it.

Your inventory is a good work. It’s honest, and it took courage. But it isn’t the finish line. It’s the foundation for everything that comes next. Step Five, where you share it with another person. Step Six, where you become willing to let God remove what you’ve found. And on through the rest.

You don’t have to fix yourself before you move on. You don’t have to feel ready. You only have to keep walking with the God who started this.

If you’re using the Steps & Scripture app, your sponsor in the app, Jimmy or Sarah, can help you look over what you’ve written and get ready for the next step. But the next step itself, Step Five, happens with a real person.

Finishing a hard thing is worth marking. Tell someone you’re nearly done. Thank God for bringing you this far. And trust Him with what’s still undone.

It’s normal to look at your finished pages and feel a mix of relief and dread. Relief that it’s written. Dread about what’s next. Both feelings can sit side by side. Neither one has to stop you. God has carried you through every line so far, and He isn’t about to put you down now.

One thing today

Write the last few entries on any list you haven’t finished. Then write at the bottom of the last page: He who began a good work in me will complete it.

A prayer

God, I see how much is still unfinished in me. Thank You that You started this, and You will finish it. Help me keep walking, one step at a time. Amen.

Finishing up Step Four.

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