READY, OR NOT REALLY

READING: 2 CORINTHIANS 8:8-15

Verse 11: “but now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there may also be a completion out of what you have.”

Rob is one of a group who are volunteering to work at church. No one seems to be willing to mark and paint parking spaces in the parking lot, so he takes the job on. Rob spends many hours working and sweating in the summer heat. At last the grueling job is almost at an end, this assignment is nearly completed. At that time Steven, who is also in the group, shows up saying, “Hey, I was going to do this job.” Verse 11 applies to Steven’s statement. Being ready to do something is a good beginning, but it is far from a completion. When there is a need for something to be accomplished, the completion of it is much preferred over just the willingness to start it. In this verse the Apostle Paul stated what Rob was feeling. When there is a task at hand, more than good intentions is needed. In a like manner, as we are called by the Lord to Christian service, may we be Robs and not Stevens. Let us be found procucing completions and not just good intentions. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. How could Steven have responded in a better way?

2. How should Rob respond to Steven?