[𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝟽 – “𝘎𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘎𝘖𝘋’𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦” 𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮]

We live in the not-yet.  Many of our days are spent waiting.  

It is deeply satisfying to check something off the list.  We like “done!”  It seems we are hard-wired for completion.  There is no greater joy than reaching the finish line.

On vinetobranches.com, we have spent this week thinking about a few of the gifts awaiting GOD’s people, expanding our view of the finish line that is our eternal Home.  

Although GOD’s promises are sure and amen, and our confidence in their eventual fulfillment counts them as good as already completed, we still wait.  We long to know their full reality.

Especially when days stretch long and burdens weigh heavy, we ache for His final “it is FINISHED” (Revelation 21:6).

While we wait, let us rehearse these truths to one another:

The One who finished the work of creation (Genesis 2:2), the One who finished the work of securing our redemption on Calvary’s cross (John 19:30) – a once-for-all, FINISHED work we can truly rest in – is the same One who declares Himself the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End (Revelation 21:6). 

He is the One who will finish the stories He has written for our lives: “being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion…” (Philippians 1:6).

The One we trust never leaves anything unfinished.  He is faithful.  His words are true.  What He has promised, He will fulfill.  One day, He will bring His redeemed ones Home to stay, He will declare His final judgment against unrepentant sin ended, and He will make all things new.

Our earthly trials will be finished.  The greatest joys we have treasured here will be eclipsed by delighting in His presence, the indescribable pleasure of being with Him forevermore.

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what GOD has prepared for those who love Him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9, NLT)

When our Savior declared, “it is FINISHED!” from the cross, we have no idea what He truly secured for us.  One day, we will drink it all in, lost in wonder and praise.

Let us not wait to express our grateful adoration.  Let our gaze be captivated by Him today and our hearts respond in humble worship that will never be finished!

𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯
𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘏𝘙𝘐𝘚𝘛 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘔𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦
𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘏𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦

𝘏𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘏𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯
𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘮

𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘣, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘖𝘯𝘦
𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯!