I'd like to start off by saying Happy new year guys. I know its late but hey! Better late than never.
Its been such a great start to the year with the days looking so bright and promising. The goals are set, resolutions on point, the blood vessels are steaming hot, spirits are renewed, the minds are fresh and stormed with ideas and innovation, the brains are activated, muscles are pumped and ready to hit the ground rolling.
Like everything else, its always great at the start isn't it? Life, love, job, friendship, relationship, marriage, business, education, ministry, goals, adulting, parenting,..you name it! Its always great. Granted some dont always start out great but some how, you look forward to it in anticipation, and then you start to see the light; so bright and beautiful, warm and colourful, every thing smooth, everything nice, no issues, no complaints, no complications....and then Boom! Suddenly you're in a ditch or you have some thorns in your flesh and some hot coals beneath your feet and then OMG! This wasn't what I signed up for...I'm out!
We never really make it to the end do we?
If you find yourself wondering? Take a look at Ecclesiastics 7:8
"Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning thereof " Better is the patient of spirit than the haughty of spirit"
This means that only the patient in spirit makes it to the latter end.
How patient are we in life? How patient are we with our friends and spouses? How patient are we on God? How patient are we on our jobs or in our work places? How patient are we in our ministries and areas of calling? How patient are we in our homes, marriages and businesses? How patient are we in hard times? How often do we keep our eyes set on the latter end? How often do we keep our eyes on the goal and the reward? How often do we believe and how often do we walk by faith? These are questions we need to ask ourselves. Its so easy to make excuses... Oh it was too stressful, My boss was so difficult, I couldnt take it anymore, I had better options.. but we forget that we are going to start all over again and we are going to meet those same thorns, rocks and obstacles in different ways. We forget that alternatives always come up just at the point of breakthrough. We forget that the real success lies at the end. And so we loose out on the best, in hopes to find better, only to get worse.
The new year is here again. It's a new chapter in our lives and a time to put all those promises, words, commitments, works, actions and strength to test. It doesn't matter how you start, it doesn't matter how fast others are moving, it doesn't matter how many obstacles you face or how many times you fumble or fall this year. What matters is the end. You've got to keep your eyes on the goal and keep moving. You will definitely fumble;..not once or twice, but make sure to keep fumbling forward cuz your latter end is where your reward is.
Have a successful year ahead.
