{"id":8696,"date":"2022-04-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=8696"},"modified":"2022-03-28T21:50:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T01:50:58","slug":"its-time-to-finish-the-job-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/its-time-to-finish-the-job-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time to Finish the Job!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"It\u2019s Time to Finish the Job! 4\/5\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=mnpch-11e4657-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul Rubens was a 16<sup>th<\/sup> century Flemish painter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rubens specialized in making altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, hunt scenes and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. The catalogue of his works&nbsp;&nbsp;lists 1,403 pieces, excluding numerous copies made in his workshop.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubens was also quite a businessman. Unlike many other immortal artists, Rubens was fortunate enough to taste the fruits of success while he was still alive. He was highly commissioned for his work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact he was so highly compensated that he opened what one writer called a painting factory.&nbsp;<em>He hired a school of pupils, and started an assembly line! He made the initial drawings and the pupils filled them in<\/em>. Then with a few master strokes, he completed the paintings.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>You and I as followers of Jesus are much like the students in Rubens\u2019 school. We are not masters. We simply fill in the sketches that Jesus has already begun for us in our life.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>When we have done all we can, Jesus provides the finishing touches to produce a masterpiece. To understand our role in such a way relieves us of the burden of being sufficient in our own abilities to do what Jesus has called us to do.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We are Jesus\u2019 students, his followers, his apprentices, especially this Lent. Jesus is the Master when it comes to our own life.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to King Duncan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What has Jesus started for YOU, that YOU are working on and hope to finish with Jesus\u2019 help?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GOD CREATED YOUR LIFE. AND YOU\u2019RE IN CHARGE TO COLOR IT. MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Rubens was a 16th century Flemish painter. Rubens specialized in making altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, hunt scenes and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. The catalogue of his works&nbsp;&nbsp;lists 1,403 pieces, excluding numerous copies made in his workshop. 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