Finish Well

I have been reading Nehemiah since PJ is teaching on it Wednesdays.  (Don't worry, I am also doing my homework!)   I have a Joyce Meyer bible that I love!   I thought the comments she made about Nehemiah 6 was so awesome that I wanted to share it with you.

Nehemiah knew how to finish what he started, and God uses people who know how to complete what they have begun.  Many of us are good at starting, but not good at finishing.   The reason is simple, emotions motivate us and get us going, but it takes more than emotion to get us to the finish.  How long will we keep running after the emotions wear off?  Many of us stop right that minute, as soo as we no longer feel anything.

The beginning of a new thing is almost always exciting.  But it is not those who start the race in excitement who win; it is those who stick to it and make it across the finish line---- when nobody is excited anymore, when nobody is cheering them on, when their emotions are no longer supporting them, when they do not feel they can go on any longer, when it looks as if they will never make it to the end, when all they have left is that one word from God that got them started in the first place.  Those people are called FINISHERS!   

Wow!  Isn't that a great word!   No matter what we are doing .......   we need to be finishers.   As simple as with me and losing weight.   I have lost some weight....... it was fun at the beginning, but the emotions are wearing off.   I caught myself slipping into old habits.   STOP!    I want to be a finisher!!    This can be for any area that God has given you a word!   Stick with it!  Don't quit fighting!!    

Like PJ teaches us:  It's about doing the right thing, everyday, for a long time!

See you tonight.   Ruth