Exodus 40:33
And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
Tag: Finish In Obedience
“So Moses finished the work.” What will be said of me at the end? Will it be said, “David finished the work?”
Note the following:
John 19:30
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Hebrews 12:1-2
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Jesus, in obedience, finished the death on the cross and then rose again in three days. Paul finished, in obedience, the race that was set before Him. Jesus, in the Hebrew passage, is said to be the “authors and finisher” of our faith. Based upon the “joy” that He WOULD receive, He endured the worse punishment and suffering known to mankind; the worse shaming of any person, to demonstrate His love for us and obedience to the commands of His Father.
As I write this I am 20 miles into a 25 mile bike ride and 95 miles into a four-day bike excursion. I have these last five miles to go to get my daily goal (25) and my four day goal (100). I am sitting at Starbucks enjoying a morning drink. My muscles say call an Uber. My mind says you made a commitment. This is a picture of the Christian life. The difference is I have to peddle to get home. No one will peddle for me. But, in my Christian walk I don’t peddle; I only ride. Read that passage from Paul’s words, again. It is about finishing in “faith.” It is NOT about trying harder and peddling to the end. It is not about peddling faster. It is about believing His promises by faith and holding on to the faith until the end. Notice the warning of the writer of Hebrews to us all:
Hebrews 3:12-14
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
Our “confidence” is NOT in us. Our “confidence” is our faith in His promises that He will hold us until the end. But, if we cease to believe His promises and fall away from our faith, we have no confidence, no hope. It is about finishing in “faith” and not by “trying harder.” It is about knowing that God will never break a promises. It is about faith until the end.
PS: I made it home (100.5 miles in four days!!). It is finished.
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