Why Don’t People Finish Life Well?

Strong Start, Weak Finish

Be it health, financial, career, relational, or general goals, the research indicates that people don’t do well.

LinkedIn — the world’s largest professional networking platform — suggests that it is because of a lack of planning, poor health, unresolved past issues, and the list continues. I’m sure everybody has a failure list.

But Scripture gives us something deeper than a data list. It gives us a diagnosis of the heart. The Scriptures say about a popular and productive king named Uzziah:

“As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success… But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall.”

Strong beginnings don’t guarantee strong endings. The secret to his success and failure is in two verses — as long as he followed the Lord and not pride. This isn't complicated - stay with the Lord and succeed or go with self and fail.

A leader once beloved and respected ended his days in disease and isolation. Moses lost his temper and was kept out of the Promised Land because of pride. Pride kept Joshua from seeking God’s will at Ai, and he lost the battle he should have won. Peter’s pride led to his denial of Christ.

However, the greatest leader who ever lived,  ended successfully — with an abundance of humility.

So how are you ending - humble or full of pride, strong or weak, like Uzziah or Christ?

Life is short. Live.
The rest of your life can still be the best of your life.

Grace,
Cedric