Knowing Your Ending
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“For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people, which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.” (Colossians 1:4-5, NLT)
What kind of reader are you? Are you one who likes to read the ending before you start the book? Or are you a reader that never reads the ending of a story first?
I confess that I’m the kind of reader who never reads the end of the book. I love to be kept in suspense throughout and to have my mind racing all over the place trying to figure out the end. However, I also love to read books over and over, especially the ones that are my true treasures. And I still enjoy them even though I know the end of the story. Reading them is like sitting down with a dear friend that I haven’t seen for a while and getting reacquainted.
In her blog “Educating Alice,” Monica Edinger confesses that she reads the ending first. She shares that when reading a series of books where she has gotten to know and care about the characters that she needs to read the ending. Look at her reasoning, “I knew as I began reading that I needed that worry set at rest so I could get into the book to enjoy the adventure, to find out how they made it safely to the end.”
She also gives another reason why she might read the ending first, “I might find it slow going and rather than immediately quitting, I might check further along to see if something there made it worth continuing.”
Just like a reader who reads the ending of a book first, we, as followers of Jesus Christ, know our ending – we will one day see Jesus face to face!
But why don’t many of us live like we know our ending? Monica says that once she knows the ending she’s able to set her worry at rest and enjoy the adventure. Shouldn’t that be the case for us as believers? Shouldn’t we give our worries and fears to God and enjoy the journey God has set us on? Shouldn’t the hope we have be a light to the world? Shouldn’t our lives radiate our faith?
Look at what Paul says about the Christians in Colossae, “For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people, which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.” (Colossians 1:4-5, NLT)
They KNEW their ending and it allowed them to live freely, enjoying the adventure. Was it easy for them? No! But their HOPE was in the future and it kept them from quitting or getting discouraged. Let us live like the Colossians with CONFIDENT HOPE because we too, know our ending!
Question: Can you place full trust in our Lord today and let Him take care of your worries?
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Hedy, you are so right, God never gives up on us! What a powerful promise to remember!
And Winnet, you are right, because we know how the battle ends we have strength to go thru it. Knowing that we will be spending eternity with Him and have no more pain makes these momentary light afflictions much easier to bear.
Yes,I can(well most times) because I tried it my way for to many years,,,oh, what a hot mess.I asked Him to test me(I`m more careful of what I ask now.)It`s been an uphill battle,but I`m so glad I never gave up.It`s better when I allow Him to walk beside/behind/infront of all my circumstances…. He NEVER give up on me.
Yes! The almighty father is wonderful.
Thank you so much for the powerful message.I want to add just a few notes on that.If you know your ending it gives you strength to pass through any situation because you know that sooner or later all will come to pass , you are herding somewhere.Also knowing your ending makes you overlook the present life which is full of pain and grief and you start to concentrate on the ending, which is full of peace, health, no more sorrow , only happiness is there.So soldiers march on…….