In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. 1 Samuel 3:12
In 1822, the great German composer Franz Schubert stopped work on his Symphony No.8 in B Minor. He had completed only two movements of the symphony, plus part of another scherzo. Nobody knows why Schubert stopped working on the piece. Although the work he did produce is beautiful, it is not complete. Other composers have tried to complete the symphony in a style that they hoped would be as Schubert would write it. That symphony remains one of Schubert’s most famous, not because it is the best, but because it is incomplete. In fact, it is usually referred to, not as Symphony No.8, but as the Unfinished Symphony. Usually, leaving things unfinished is not a good idea. Many famous buildings have been left incomplete because the builders ran out of resources, or died before they could finish. Many works of art and literature have suffered the same fate. The result is usually either mystery or mockery. Our text reminds us that God never leaves anything unfinished; what He begins, He will complete. It may take awhile, but it will happen.
It took awhile in the case of God’s promise to remove the priesthood from Eli’s house. The old priest’s failure to restrain the evil behaviour of his sons in the tabernacle called for his family’s punishment. It was several years later when Eli’s sons were killed in battle. It was many years later that 85 family members were slain by Doeg. But God kept His word, and judgment was eventually complete. Just as it will be complete against those who disobey God’s Word today.
God has declared judgment against those who defy His Word. And He will punish all those who today flaunt their sin of homosexuality and who live openly in fornication relationships. Do judges who punish Christians for their stand for the Word of God think they will not have to pay for their evil? God’s Word condemns them today, although they mock it. But the time of mockery will come to a sorry end. A just and total end promised by God.
But it is not just God’s judgment that He will complete. Think of all the great promises that God has made to you and me, wonderful promises that we have not yet seen fulfilled. The God Who began by making the promise will make an end by keeping the promise. Not one promise will fail, because God cannot break His Word. That includes the blessings that we enjoy every day as well as the rewards for faithful service that await us in eternity.
Never question God’s timing; what He begins, He ends. There is no unfinished symphony in God’s repertoire. – Jim MacIntosh
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