Mohler on Starting What You Cannot Finish

In honor of commencement ceremonies across the country and more specifically at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Albert Mohler reflects on the meaning of a commencement ceremony and the world's pull of finishing what we begin. In his article, Mohler writes:

Nevertheless, the biblical conception of the Christian ministry is, as we should not be surprised to find, radically at odds with worldly wisdom. According to the New Testament, one of the most important insights about the Christian ministry is this: We will not finish what we begin. This is not to say that we will never set goals and reach them or that we will never complete plans and programs. It does mean that the Christian ministry must be seen in the context of faithfulness extended from generation to generation until Christ returns to claim his Bride.

This was a great challenge to me, as was the article in its entirety. Perhaps the part that challenged me the greatest and that I hope will stay with me in the remaining days God has ordained for me on this earth was his final call to those graduating from Southern:

Start something you cannot finish and give yourself to it for the length of your days, with the strength of your life, to the glory of God. Dream dreams and see visions, and take up this calling as you plant and water in the fields of Christ. Build carefully upon the foundation laid for you. The hopes and prayers of God's faithful people go with you.

May this encourage and move you as deeply as it did myself and may you go out with boldness, willing to start something you may not be able to finish, or with courage to build on that of which someone who has gone before you has already begun.

You can read the rest of Mohler's article here.