He who began a good work…

“Being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will fulfill it until the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:6)

Oh gosh, verses like this have a way of hitting us hard. The Christian walk is not always what we expect. As I step out of my comfort zone writing my debut novel, I find that some of the themes I explore challenge the very essence of what I experience with God.

And sometimes, I ask myself: Will He fulfill the promises He made to me?

But then I remember: “God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent. Hath He said, and shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19). He cannot lie, and He’s not about to start with me.

When we cry out to Him, when we bring our aches and our hollow places, we are echoing the psalmist: “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18). We ask Him to finish the good work He already began.

Fulfillment is not about numbers or visibility. Fulfillment is about completion—God finishing what He started in you. Fulfillment is the harvest, and it comes in His timing, not ours. “For the vision is yet for an appointed time… though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” (Habakkuk 2:3).

Praise Ahead:

• Thank God for the work already begun. Even if it feels like nothing, rest may be the foundation He’s laying before you soar. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28).

• Keep your eyes on the ball: ask Him to fulfill the promise, not by worldly measures, but by spiritual completion. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33).

• Declare that fulfillment is not pressure—it is prophecy. “Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.” (1 Thessalonians 5:24).

As I grow anxious to publish my novel, I remind myself: the work is already done in my hands. But I ask Him to take it beyond my hands, to finish the good work He wants to do with it. “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” (Ephesians 3:20).

Fulfillment is not about proving yourself—it’s about trusting God to complete what He began. What feels unfinished now will be crowned in His timing.