The Complete Puzzle

Troy Husted

January 17, 2025

How I love how a puzzle beautifully illustrates our relationship with Christ! Each piece fits perfectly when we walk with Him, showing us that our lives are intricately designed according to His purpose. As I reflect on this imagery, I realize how much I need to cultivate more courage and obedience to follow His call in my life.

I’d like to share a devotional that resonates with this idea. It’s from YouVersion and is part of a plan called 𝟒𝟎 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 by 𝐺. 𝐿𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑗𝑖𝑤𝑜𝑙𝑎, 𝑃𝐻.𝐷. I highly encourage you to read it!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟐:𝟏𝟎 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞.

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧, 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐆𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲.

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟐:𝟏𝟎 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦. 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭’𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬? 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦

As you welcome Jesus into your life, may you discover how He completes the puzzle of your existence, revealing the full picture of who you are meant to be. To those I’ve encouraged to embark on this 40-day devotional journey, may it bring as much delight and inspiration to your hearts as it has to mine. Let’s embrace our completeness in Christ and boldly pursue the call He has for us! ✨❤️