God Will Finish His Work

Send us a note!You can feel it when you’re living in the gap between what God promises and what you can see with your own eyes. Pastor Carl opens Isaiah 61 and 62 to remind us that God is not improvising. He is going to do a work, he is going to accomplish his purposes, and his timing is perfect even when our moment feels like chaos, loss, or slow change. We talk through a hope-filled but challenging idea: not everyone is automatically a child of God in the saving sense. Yes, every person is made in God’s image and deserves dignity, but Scripture points to adoption into God’s family through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Isaiah’s language of being clothed in salvation and covered in righteousness lands right where daily Christian life gets real: we stop trying to earn what only God can give, and we learn to rejoice in what he has already done through Jesus. Then Isaiah’s promises widen to Israel’s future redemption and Jerusalem’s restoration, including the unforgettable names Hephzibah and Beulah that picture God’s delight and covenant commitment. We also lean into the call to be watchmen: people who pay attention, warn with love, and keep praying with stubborn endurance, “giving him no rest.” If you need steady hope, a clearer gospel, and fuel for persistent prayer, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs encouragement, and leave a review that tells us what stood out most.What makes a Calvary Chapel a Calvary Chapel. Join Pastor Carl as he goes through one of the Calvary Chapel Distinctives on The Mountain Cross Minute. The 20th anniversary of Facing the Giants, Monday September 14 - 6:30PM at the Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville.Come On Up is the radio ministry of The Mountain Cross in Waynesville North Carolina. To learn more about us please visit: TheMountainCross.com.