938 This Is Unfinished

What you have today may seem to be some good and some bad, but understand the seemingly bad you have right now is simply unfinished. Where is the bad in your life? Where is the mess? Where is the hurt? Where is the struggle? This is all just unfinished. You haven’t yet seen what is to come, you only see what is right now, but it’s still in process. There’s a lot more work to be done, but while that process unfolds, can you still see what is good? God has the divine ability to see what is good in the midst of unfinished work. Look at the process of creation. In Genesis chapter 1 we read the full account of God creating the entire universe from absolutely nothing. First he created light. He separated the darkness and made day and night. Now, what did this light shine on? Nothing. There was nothing else created yet. So much work to still be done, but there was this one thing, light, and God said it was good. Maybe you’re standing in what feels like a whole lot of nothingness right now. Nothing seems to be going right. Nothing seems to make sense. Nothing seems to ever change. But is there one thing that is good? ONE THING? Will you focus on that goodness? Will acknowledge and celebrate it? I know there’s so much more to be done. I know you still have a really long way to go, but dang girl, can’t you agree there’s at least one good thing here? God created the first day and the first night and took the time to acknowledge it was good. As the light showed the emptiness of the earth and the nothingness represented all the work there was still to do, God still said THIS IS GOOD. And God continued his work. With each step of each day, he acknowledged it’s goodness. He created the vault in the waters which we call the sky, and he said it was good. There was nothing in the sky, but that was work for another day. He didn’t allow future work to spoil that day’s progress. He didn’t allow the overwhelm of all there was still to be done, to steal the beauty of what there already was. Have you been allowing all there is to be done to steal the beauty of what has already been done in your life? Have you been allowing all the work you know is still required to spoil the progress you’ve already made? Have you become so focused on all that is unfinished, unknown, and undone that you miss what is good right here, right now? God created the land and the sea, and said it was good. He created plants and trees and fruits and vegetables of all kinds and he said it was good. He created the sun, the moon and the stars, and he said it was good. He created all the creatures of the sky and the sea, and he said it was good. He created all the animals and beasts of the land, and he said it was good. But he still wasn’t finished. If God can tackle the overwhelming task of creating EVERYTHING, and piece by piece declare it is good, can’t we continue our journey here and find the goodness while it’s still unfinished? You’re somewhere in the process, and maybe you’re focused on the wrong things sis. You’re focusing on all you still don’t have, and forgetting all you’ve been given. You’re dwelling on how far you have to go, forgetting just how darn far you’ve already come. You’re talking about all that is wrong, failing to mention all that is so right. You’re piling up your burdens into a daunting mountain, and forsaking your blessings scattered everywhere you go. Stop. Stop right here. Right here exactly where you are. Today, this day. This exact moment. Isn’t there goodness here? THEN SAY SO! Stop being overwhelmed by all there is still left undone. The time will come for these things to be done, but let today’s work be completed and celebrated. This is good. See that it’s good and say that it’s good.