Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours abundantly from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. I am glad to welcome you to the last month of this year, the month of December 2022. I pray that God will make it the best of the months of the year for you and your household, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Solomon, in his book called Ecclesiastes, says, “The end of a matter is better than its beginning…” (Eccl 7:8NIV) And that is the will of God for us. He wants the end of everything that concerns our lives to be better than its beginning. So, if we are looking forward to having the last month of this year to be better than all the months we have had in the year, we are in line with the will of God for us.
However, it is also important that we know that the end of a matter is not always better than its beginning. In other words, what Solomon says in that bible text is not always true. For example, as we see in the Scriptures, King Saul started well in life and as a king ordained by God. But his end was not good at all, not to talk of better. Also, Samson started well as God’s ordained servant and deliverer. But his end was not pleasant at all. What about Judas Iscariot? Did he not start well as one of the Lord’s chosen apostles? He did. But what about his end? It was horrible.
So, the end of things or people is not always better than their beginning. If people will not take God seriously in all that they do, the end of their days, weeks, months, years, projects, studies, marriages or lives may not be better than their beginning. And I am saying this so that, as we begin this last month of the year, you will take God more seriously than you have ever done.
See, the bible tells us that God is the author and perfecter of all that concerns our lives and faith. That means He is the only one that can make perfect our lives and whatever we lay our hands on. Yes, He is the only one that can make the end of anything that concerns us better than its beginning. But for us to experience His perfection in our lives, we are told to do two things. First, we are told to throw off everything that is preventing us from living as He wants us to live, whatever it may be. Second, we are told to fix our eyes on Him and not on whatever challenges we are faced with. (Cf. Heb 12:1-2)
Now, as long as our eyes are fixed on the Lord and our hearts are devoted to living as He wants us to live, we can rest, assured that He will perfect all that concerns us. This year may have been rough in some or many ways for us. But our Lord will surely make the last days of it the best ones for us. We can count on Him for that.
Then, apart from taking God seriously in our lives, so that He can perfect all that concerns us, we must also watch not to make life difficult for ourselves. Unfortunately, that is the problem with many of us. Even though God is always working to perfect all that concerns us, His good works don’t always end up adding value to our lives. Why? We are often doing things that will destroy His works in our lives and make life difficult for us.
Look at what Solomon says about this: “This is all that I have learned: God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated.” (Eccl 7:29GNT) Did you see that? Whatever God does to us or for us is always geared towards making life straightforward and simple for us. But because we often like to claim wisdom that we don’t possess, we end up making a mess of everything for ourselves.
In any case, my point is that we should not do anything to frustrate the works of God in our own lives. God is committed to perfecting all that concerns our lives this year end and make us exceedingly happy. But we should be careful not to make a mess of what He is doing in us and for us. So, don’t carry on your head burdens that He has not placed on you. Don’t wear yourself out trying to impress people that are not looking your way.
Such things can only frustrate God’s blessings on your life and complicate things for you. Then you will have to start praying all over again for mercy, salvation or restoration where victory has already been given to you. My prayer is that your heart will be made wise enough not to do anything that will jeopardise the work of perfection God is carrying out in your life, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Do have yourself a fabulous December 2022.
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