100 Days with David 2025 Day 99: The Lord completes His work.

“The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭138:8‬ NKJV

There’s a funny thing about compliments. Let me first say, we all love compliments, don’t we? But here’s the odd thing about compliments: Someone can compliment you on something that is just a natural part of who you are—whether it be a talent like singing or dancing, whatever the attribute—and though you appreciate the compliment, you now feel “pressure” to continue to be seen the way they have seen you. (Am I only talking about myself here?)

Consider: Someone compliments you on something that is just a normal part of your being, a gift from God. Now you are going to try to keep up with that perception by working at what originally came “naturally.”

Let me break it down. Let’s say someone compliments how witty you are. Well, you weren’t necessarily trying to be witty. But somehow you now feel pressured to be witty when you are around them. The problem: You don’t know how you came to be witty; so you don’t know how to keep it up. And believe me, there is no one less witty than someone trying to be witty.

Then there is the phenomenon of what is called, “beginners’ luck.” Years ago, as a novice bowler, I once bowled three or four strikes in a row. I was having a big old time, until the pressure hit: “People are looking; how do I keep this up?” Well, you guessed it, the rest of that game was gutter-ball-palooza. It wasn’t pretty. What had naturally happened as a result of good eye-hand coordination, became impossible when I tried to “figure it out.”

Here’s the point: Who we become in God through Jesus Christ, is a gift from God. And, since He started it, only He can finish it.

“And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭1:6‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Now, of course, we treasure, we hold dear, what God has given us and we follow the leading of His Spirit to make sure we don’t treat what He has given us as being “common.” But, if the Lord has done this new work in us, how can we expect to keep ourselves—by ourselves—from messing it up?

Several years ago, I was being dramatic before the Lord about not wanting to miss His will. He spoke very clearly to me and said, “Janet, I will not let you miss it.” Now, this promise doesn’t only apply to me. Indeed, it applies to anyone who has a heart toward God, and having been made a new creation through Jesus Christ, is looking to Him to finish the work He began.

Paul addressed the problem of trying to earn the gift of God, to the church at Galatia. They had received the joy of salvation; but, in listening to all the opinions of some of the Jews, were going to try to keep the Law, trying to earn what had already been given to them freely!

“How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort? Have you experienced so much for nothing? Surely it was not in vain, was it?”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3:3-4‬ ‭NLT‬‬

In today’s portion from David’s psalms, we see that David is conscious of the fact that God will not let him miss it; He won’t abandon him in his process.

As we have discussed many times, David knew that the Lord was his Good Shepherd and would lead him where he needed to be.

“He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23:3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

David trusted the Lord to complete what he had started. After all, it was through no effort or work on David‘s part that he came on the scene as a giant slayer. The Lord had used his experience with the sheep to train him. But what he learned while keeping those sheep, was not “techniques in slaying dangerous animals and people.” What David learned was that with God on his side, a giant is just a bigger target. God put David in that position in front of Goliath that day and enabled him to be a hero.

If you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, and made Him Lord of your life, and are seeking after His heart, trusting Him to enable you to fulfill your divine assignments, then He will not let you miss it. So relax. Let your Creator and Shepherd—your Author and Finisher—your Friend and King—complete you!

On this next to the last day of our “100 Days with David 2025,” let us know and understand what David knew:

The Lord completes His work.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!