Finish the Job

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 15th of February, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of Mark 15:37,

”And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.”

Then we go to John 19:30:

”So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.”

Mission accomplished. The job is done. 

What an amazing Saviour we have! He didn’t stop halfway. He didn’t say to His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane, ”Lord, I can’t do this.” No, he finished the job. You and I must finish what we have started. You know an unfinished job is very ugly, like a half-built building. Rather don’t start than stop halfway through. I looked up how long it took for King Solomon to build the first temple. It took approximately seven years and he finished it. What about the second temple? That took almost twenty to twenty-one years to build. We really need to work hard and finish what we have started.

Michelangelo, that wonderful artist, when he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, it took him four years, folks. He had to build his own scaffold. Can you imagine climbing up there? It is very, very high, and then he did it upside down, but he finished that work of art for the glory of God.

That young student who’s thinking of dropping out of university, don’t do it, finish your degree. That marriage that you are working through, ”Angus, we just can’t get it right.” Ask God to help you. Philippians 1:6 says:

”being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;” 

When you start something, you must finish. It’s no good saying you started, rather don’t start. Finish the job!

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.