WHAT A PERFECT SALVATION WE HAVE.

Recently, I was blessed as I read Psalm 138:8 NKJV  The Lord will perfect that which concerns me The MESSAGE SAYS Finish what you started in me, God.
Here King David is declaring with confidence, that God’s work of Grace that had begun in His life would be perfected or completed.
We turn to the New Testament and find Paul makes two apparently conflicting statements, firstly in Colossians 2:10 NKJV And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.  then we read in Philippians 1:6 NKJV  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. Colossians 2:10 says we are complete , and Philippians says we will be complete.

BOTH THESE STATEMENTS ARE 100% CORRECT.

The Colossians verse is how God sees us now that is OUR POSITION IN CHRIST. and the Philippians verse is OUR GROWING EXPERIENCE IN CHRIST.
I noticed the English word complete in the Oxford Dictionary means “having all its parts entire and finished. That is why Peter says in 2 Peter 1:3 NKJV As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness. The moment we were born again, God placed in us everything we need for life and Godliness.
This may not sound very Theological but I immediately thought of a flat pack you can purchase from say IKEA, all the parts are there, the instructions are there, (and a lovely picture of the completed article) and if we follow the instructions we will end up with a beautiful item, sometimes there are challenges as we seek to follow the instructions, sometimes we can’t even fully understand them, but the satisfaction we get when it all comes together, and after much stress and often struggle we see the completed article.
God has placed all the parts we need in us, we have the instructions in the Word of God, and if we obey the instructions and follow the directions we are guaranteed the blessing and power of God resting on us.
Jesus is the MASTER BUILDER and as we learn to walk in obedience to His Word, and live a life of continued surrender (Romans 12:1)  we can rejoice in the Lord knowing He is completing His work in us, and equally rejoice that God sees us now complete in Him  Hallelujah