Are You a Starter or a Finisher?
There are three possible answers to this question.
A starter is someone who sees the vision from the very beginning and jumps in with both feet. Enthusiasm may run high…for a while. Eventually the momentum slows down and then interest begins to wane. Maybe the task has become too challenging or maybe it has become tedious and …boring. Either way, it can be an easy thing to justify quitting.
Hebrews 10:35-36 says to the Starter:
“Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.”
A finisher is someone who sees the vision – see what the end result could be, but also sees all the obstacles that need to be dealt with in order to reach the goal. Hesitation to take the first step has the potential to cause years of procrastination.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 says to the Finisher:
“He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.”
God wants us to be something more. He calls us to be overcomers. We can overcome our excuses and our obstacles. We can persevere through the challenges and even our own boredom. If we can say with Paul, that our desire is to finish the task God has given us, we will indeed be the victors!
Acts 20:24 – “But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.”