What Matters? The End Or Beginning!

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The end of a thing is better than its beginning thereof, Ecclesiastes 7:8. The funny thing about life is that the end is usually what determines how well you have lived. Even in Christianity, it is also like that. It is whether you make heaven or not at the end that matters, and not how well a Christian you may claim to be. With this in mind, we already have what it takes to excel in whatever we do.

Let's imagine this scenario, there are two people, one of them is a Christian, I mean a real Christian, and the other is the exact opposite, he doesn't know God. Then, at the end of each of their lives, the Christian made an error and ended up in hell, while the other one got born again on his death bed, and made heaven. Now, you agree with me that it is the end of a thing that really matters, though it may seen unfair, but that's just how it is.

This is not to make us start living out of Christ, but to make us conscious of the fact that there is a target which we must attain, and that target is to make heaven. Let's now use this in our conventional lives, like in our academics, businesses, or jobs. It really doesn't matter if you have been failing or succeeding, what matters is if you finish well at the end of the day. You may have to spend extra years to attain what ought to achieve, but what is better is if you succeed at the end of all these years. You may also spend lesser years, and have everything work fine for you, but what is really better is if you finish fine.

Our work should always be end-inclined, and not just for the satisfaction of the present. I believe the Holy Spirit is talking to you at the moment. What is it you are doing? He says that you should be more concerned with the outcome and not what the present may be. May our latter days be better than our former in Jesus name, Job 8:7. Shalom

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