Work turned in that is unfinished. A house under construction sitting, waiting for more materials. A room partially cleaned by a child. This week, I have pondered the term “incomplete.” In my own life, I have started projects, full of excitement, trying something but losing steam and not seeing the project through to fruition.
As I reflect on my Christian life, how has my obedience to God’s word been? As an empty-nester, I have more time to devote to God. But even with more available time, I have to check my heart attitude. Am I checking off a to-do list for God, looking good to the world but empty inside? Or am I earnestly seeking to grow in Christ, under the working power of the Holy Spirit?
I know in this life, my faith will be incomplete. It isn’t until I meet my Savior face to face, “I will be like Him because I will see Him as He is.” (1 John 3:2) Until that day, though, I continue to live as a Christian, in a sinful body, being resolute each day in my focus of walking in Christ-like obedience, looking forward to the day when my faith will be complete.