The Almost-Built House

At times I think of a piece of property I see on a certain drive through the countryside. On it is an almost-built house with a driveway grown over with grass. It’s clear that the builders had
started out with great intentions, but for some reason they stopped their work. If we’re honest, this is what happens to many of us and our outreach efforts. We have great intentions and start things out with a great deal of energy and ambition, only to allow some lame excuse to douse the fire. Paul tells the church at Corinth that they are to “finish the work, so that their eager willingness to do it may be matched by their completion of it” (2 Corinthians 8:11). Where have you stopped working? Finish the work!