Following Through

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Here is today's communion meditation.

While playing baseball in college, we had one of the best hitting instructors around, and he used to constantly emphasize that if the beginning and the end of the baseball swing were in the correct place that everything in the middle usually works out. He was always talking about following through by finishing long and high, because a lot of power is lost by stopping at the point of contact, rather that following through.

In our walk with God our follow through is also important. When we turn things over to God in prayer and believe we receive from him, then we must follow through. From the point where we turn things over to him, we must keep believing and trusting in him rather than giving up quickly. In Numbers 23:19 it says that whatever God speaks or promises he fulfills and makes good on. He follows through. 

After praying and believing we can follow through by resting in God's love and loving others because we trust him to bring it to pass. One of the greatest ways to follow through is to walk in love, because faith expresses itself through love. 

The other way we can follow through is by taking action, doing what we know to do, and fulfilling on our word. When we get good ideas or promptings from God following through and seeing things through to completion is important. Fulfilling our promises is also an important part of our follow through, because it helps us become more like God. 

Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God follows through and fulfills on everything he promises, and we can rest in his love. And we are asking for his help to grow in our level of follow through.

I am praying for you. 

Daniel