Do you have your eye on the finish line? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres concluded our MOSES series with a message about How To Finish Strong.
Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
How we finish matters. It’s never too soon to think about how you want to finish. And it’s never too late, either! What does Moses show us about how to finish?
1) Finish with settled accounts.
Practice living your life without overdue apologies, or overdue forgiveness. No matter how he is misunderstood, mistreated or criticized, we don’t see Moses retaliate or hold a grudge. The word for this is MEEKNESS.
Meekness is not weakness. It is gentleness in strength.
Practice keeping short accounts with others. When Moses arrived at the finish line, he had settled his accounts and his heart was at peace.
2) Finish with fight still in you.
Every time Moses made a spiritual commitment, he experienced pushback. In spite of all that opposition, he never let his passion to serve the Lord wane.
3) Finish with a song of praise, not a sigh of disappointment.
In spite of all the reasons Moses had to be disappointed, he finished with a song of praise (Deuteronomy 32), not complaint. His focus was on God’s faithfulness, not on his own disappointments.
4) Finish by launching the next generation.
Moses has prepared Joshua and delivered God’s word for the next generation of leaders. Don’t forget that God is playing the long game. When we are thinking LIFETIMES, God is thinking LEGACY.
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
Nelson Henderson
God has called us to prepare a blessing for the next generation. There are people, families, and communities who are waiting to hear the Gospel, and God has entrusted us with declaring and living out that Good News!
