For Those With Ears to Hear

If God saved you, you’re not going anywhere.
Not because you’re strong.
Not because you’re disciplined.
But because He’s faithful.

When God starts something, He finishes it.
No loose ends. No unfinished projects.
He doesn’t save people and then hope they hold on.
He saves people and then He holds them Himself.

Philippians 1:6 says,
He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Not might.
Not hopefully.
Will.

If salvation started with God, and it did, it’s going to end with God, too.

John 10:28-29 says,
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

That includes you.
You can’t jump out of His hand.
You didn’t earn your salvation, so you can’t un-earn it.
You weren’t holding onto God. He was holding onto you.

This is why the Gospel is good news.
Not just because it saves you.
But because it keeps you.

Through storms.
Through failures.
Through doubts.
Through seasons of wandering and weakness.
Through every high and low.

He’s still holding you.

Hebrews 12:2 says,
Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith.

That means He didn’t just start it.
He’s going to finish it.
He’s not waiting to see how you perform.
He’s not crossing His fingers hoping you don’t screw it up.

He’s walking with you.
He’s correcting you.
He’s sanctifying you.
He’s keeping you.

And when you fall, and you will fall, He doesn’t leave you.

Some people think if you believe in this kind of grace, you’ll just live however you want.

But that’s not how this works.

If God has really changed your heart, you won’t want to live for sin.
You’ll fall into it, yes.
But you’ll hate it.
You’ll fight it.
You’ll repent.

Because He’s working in you.

Real salvation doesn’t fizzle out.
Real grace doesn’t wear off.
Real believers don’t walk away permanently.

Why?
Because God preserves His people.

You may stumble.
You may backslide.
You may go through hell on earth.
But if you belong to Him, you’re going to make it to the end.

Not because you held on.
But because He never let go.

Jude 24 says,
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy…

He doesn’t just save you.
He presents you.
Blameless.
With joy.

Because what He starts, He finishes.