Several months ago I watched an ugly worm crawling across
the ground! That was the beginning of a thing. Now look at that insect with
gorgeous wings, playing in the sunshine, sipping from the flowers, full of life;
that is the end. That caterpillar is us, until we are wrapped up in the
chrysalis of death; because when Christ
shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Be content
to be like the caterpillar who like Jesus, will be totally fulfilled when we
wake up in his likeness. The end will be much better than the
beginning.
“Better
is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.”
Ecclesiastes_7:8 KJV
Look at Jesus; see his beginning. He was despised and
rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. The end is He now
sits at his Father’s right hand, until his enemies are made his footstool. If we
never bear the cross, we will never wear the crown; we must walk on the dirt
road, or we will never walk the golden streets. We can take courage because
“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.”
A rough-looking diamond is placed on the wheel of the
jeweler. He cuts it on all sides. It loses a lot of what felt very costly to
itself. But when the king is crowned; the diadem is put on his head with all
its’ shining glory. Light will flash from the very diamond which at this moment
is very unhappy with the filing and polishing of the Jeweler’s tools. We can
compare ourselves to a diamond like that, because we are one of God’s people;
and right now we are in the cutting process. Exercise faith and patience,
because on the day when the crown is placed on the head of the King of kings…
there will be flashes of glory streaming from us. God said, “They shall be mine, in the day when I make
up my jewels.”
Let’s be excited about the beginning of a New Year. It is
a reminder that we are still in time. The day is coming when time will be no
more. The end will always be better for a follower of Christ. Better is the end
of a thing than the beginning.
Alvin
Yoder
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