In the past weeks, one theme has been coming up repeatedly – end well; stay the course.
Tim Challies shared in his usual thoughtful and eloquent way, that it mattered little to say that I had journeyed well for 99% of my life and ‘only’ failed during the last 1%. It’s the same for the passengers in a plane that crash just as it was landing, it’s the same for someone who has walked faithfully with the Lord for 99 years but strayed dismally in the last.
I incidentally came across a snippet of a Ruth Chou Simons interview, where she urged all to “stay the course”. Even if you lose followers and no one is celebrating you, STAY THE COURSE. Because He who saved us is faithful, and we need to be faithful to the very end.
He did not save us 99% of the way, with a 1% chance of falling into the eternal abyss of fire. His salvation is sure and He will hold me fast. So I need to hold fast to His Word, and grieve not the Holy Spirit.
So my prayer is to humble myself, and plead for God’s grace and mercy, and His Holy Spirit’s seal and dunamis to help me day by day to be faithful in small things, to serve wholeheartedly and not grudgingly, to volunteer for the least seen tasks, and not expect reward on this side of heaven.
This morning as I did my quiet time, I prayed these things, and also found myself thanking God for the unexpected moments of silence during what was supposed to be an ultra-hectic weekend (that is now post-poned to the next, but I live to function another day for now).
I thanked God for the chance to deeply reflect and covenant once again to journey well, to take stock now and then and consult God’s GPS, and correct my course if I am straying, to align my path to the straight and narrow which leads to eternal joy instead of destruction. For that way is broad and the people on it are many, but the tougher road, through hills and vales, is the one we must stick to.
May God help us and preserve us daily.
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