Dear precious family,

We all go through disappointments and have unfair things that happen to us, but the mistake most people make is they get stuck where they are.  They get bitter and negative and they end up giving up on their God-given mission in life.

Here’s the good news:  Those disappointments are NOT the final chapter ~ God NEVER ends on a negative note.  If you’ll keep moving forward with your life, God promises in Philippians 1:6 (MSG),

  • HE WILL BRING YOU TO A FLOURISHING FINISH…

NOT a defeated finish, but a FLOURISHING FINISH!  So, when you go through set-backs or disappointments, instead of it working against you, God knows how to turn it around and cause it to work FOR you!

When you’re in difficult times, don’t settle where you are.  Don’t put your roots down and say, “It’s NEVER going to change.”  No, for every injustice, God will give you vindication.  For every disappointment, God will bring you restoration and new beginnings.  

2 Corinthians 2:14 says,

  • Thanks be unto God Who ALWAYS causes us to triumph.  

You could say, “we’re in a fixed fight.”  We ALREADY know the outcome.  In the end, we WILL BE VICTORIOUS!  Read the back of the book, family ~ WE WIN!  

You may be going THROUGH difficulties, THROUGH unfair situations, THROUGH betrayals, but that’s the way I exhort you to see it ~ You’re going THROUGH – You’re not staying there – It’s NOT permanent!  

DEFEAT is NOT your normal state.  If “all is not well” in your life, that simply means you haven’t made it to your new destination.  If you’ll keep moving forward, you’ll come into a new season of victory, blessing, and favor.  

The Scripture says in Psalm 139:16 that God has written every page of our life in His Book ~ God knows our future ~ He’s already planned it out.  

I want to encourage you that YOUR book ends in VICTORY ~ Your final chapter is not you falling apart ~ living lonely.  No, God’s plans for you are for good, TO BRING YOU TO A FLOURISHING FINISH. 

Here’s the key:  When you go through a disappointment, don’t get stuck there.  If you’ll keep moving forward, you’ll come into a new chapter ~ A chapter of victory, a chapter of restoration.  

We need to REF– USE to let disappointments ruin our future ~ God will begin to open new doors.  He NEVER ends on a negative note.  There are amazing opportunities in your future.  

When you have the right perspective, you realize even in death, that’s not ending on a negative note, that’s the ultimate victory ~ GOD’S BRINGING YOU TO A FLOUISHING FINISH.  We are called to fight the good fight of faith (1 Timothy 6:12).  Call those things that be not as though they were (Romans 4:17).  By faith, call it well.  Call your future bright.  Call yourself blessed.  Say this with me, “I believe the REST of my I life is going to be the BEST of my life.”  Get ready because GOD IS GOING TO BRING YOU TO A FLOUISHING FINISH!  Believe it and declare it, in Jesus’ Name. 

Believing for a flourishing finish,

Lisa Gordon

Assistant Pastor

Jesus City Church