Today’s post is inspired by Billy McMahon, a pastor at Rocky Mountain Christian Church.

 

What do you do when your plan seems to be going in the wrong direction?

 

I have asked this as a football coach.

I have asked it as a teacher.

And I have asked it as a person.

 

I am sure that Paul and Silas might have considered this question as well.

 

When men realized that they could no longer capitalize on the sickness of a woman Paul had prayed over and God had healed, they had them thrown in prison.  I am sure that the enemy planted the seed of doubt in Paul and Silas as they sat in shackles and awaited what their next option was.

 

But they did not receive the seed of doubt.  And they did not receive it because they knew who would be giving The Final Word.

 

How are we to deal with outcomes that are not what we expect?

 

To draw from Paul and Silas, we are to remember who has The Final Word.

 

Acts 16  25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

 

When you know The Final Word….it changes everything.

 

So what is The Final Word?

 

It is simple:

Jesus Christ came to save the world and offers eternal life to all

who would receive Him.

 

There is a reason that Paul gave up all of his comfort to become a servant of the Most High God.

 

It is because Paul realized something that we all must come to face:

 

The Final Word belongs to the Lord.

 

The Final Word is about making “children of God out of all who receive Him” (John 1).

 

The Final Word will trump all that the earth might show us:

 

Sickness

Death

Persecution

And, in Paul’s case, even Prison

 

The Final Word belongs to none other than Jesus.

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J