Knowing The End Game

Introduction

Knowing the End Game is essentially about knowing what is ultimately important at the End.

There are 4 key aspects of Paul’s prayer that gives us the End-Game Focus:

A. THE END-GAME FOCUS ON GOD AS HE DIRECTS US

“Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you”(v.11)

In the End Game, the direction of the Lord is of ultimate importance.

4 key considerations to know the Lord’s direction:

  1. Discern the source
  2. Yield your ego to God
  3. Ask the Lord for wisdom
  4. Learn from each encounter

 

B. THE END-GAME FOCUS ON COMMUNITY AS HE UNITES US

“And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love  for one another and for all,  as we do for you” (v.12) 

Love is the measure of all things.

Disunity is harmful for 4 reasons:

  1. It divides the body of Christ
  2. It propagates a culture of mistrust and suspicion
  3. It surfaces competitiveness and strife
  4. It compromises our mission, and brings shame to the Lord.

 

C. THE END-GAME FOCUS ON CALLING AS HE SANCTIFIES US

“…so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father” (v.13a)

The Greatness of God is cradled by the Holiness of God.

We’ve got to disciple towards a movement of Holiness, not by our own efforts but by His sanctifying work.

 

D. THE END-GAME FOCUS ON CHRIST AS HE RETURNS FOR US

“…at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.” (v.13b)

Let’s keep our focus on Christ. For in Him, we know how the game would end!

 

Conclusion

Jesus alone commands the entire stage of the entire End Game!

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Daily Devo
Daily Devotional Journal
Scripture:
Daniel 10: 4-19
Sat, 30 September 2023

Strengthened by the Divine Touch

Observation:

What is the significance of the repetition of the terms “strength” and
“strengthen” in Daniel’s encounter with God (vv.8, 16, 17, 18, 19)?

Deeper Reflection
When God sent His Word to Daniel in a vision, it was he “alone saw” the “great vision” (vv.7-8). It was a special privilege of divine sovereign grace. The vision was also a vision of God’s holiness and glory manifested in the awesome appearance of a heavenly being (vv.5-6). Daniel was so utterly overwhelmed by the divine vision, that “no strength was left in me” (v.8). The description, “no strength”, is emphatically repeated four times in Daniel’s encounter with God (vv.8, 16, 17). We may not experience such an utterly overwhelming encounter with God like Daniel’s, but we do experience “no strength was left in me” in utterly overwhelming adversities like being “afflicted in every way” (2 Cor 1:8; 4:8-9).When we have “no strength”, we need the divine touch. God responded to Daniel’s fourfold “no strength” with a threefold divine touch (vv.10, 16, 18): He “touched me again and strengthened me”. When we are so greatly afflicted, that we feel no strength is left in us, and yet we persevere in faithfulness, it is because we are being “strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of great endurance and patience” (Col 1:11). Note the intensity and immensity of this divine power at work in us! This is the divine touch of “the surpassing greatness of power” from God (2 Cor 4:7-9). But we feel the physical and emotional pains more than the Spiritual power. The greater is our suffering, the greater will be the strength from God in us, and the greater will be our steadfastness in God.
Application:

What is my experience of the Word of God and spiritual warfare like in my
discipleship journey?

Prayer:
Write a prayer to God as your response from your meditation on and application of the Scriptures.
Prayer Pointers:
  • Give thanks and praise
  • Pray for Church Board: To know God’s power that is perfected in weaknesses
  • Pray for significant people
  • Pray for those in need
  • Pray for self

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