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MESSAGE TITLE:
What Will Heaven Say About Your Finish?
SCRIPTURE TEXT:
“Since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.”
— Deuteronomy 34:10
DATE: April 6, 2025
BY: EFFIONG ETOK
Carrier of God’s Word
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
When the applause ends and the lights go out, will God still know your name?
MAIN MESSAGE:
Moses never entered the Promised Land. He didn’t hold the fulfillment in his hands. But Heaven didn’t record what he failed to touch-it recorded who touched him: “Whom the Lord knew face to face.”
He wasn’t remembered for how far he led the people, but for how closely he walked with God. He finished-not with titles or trophies-but with a testimony: He was known in Heaven.
Let me speak into your spirit—
You can be a husband who provides, but never prays.
A wife who submits publicly, but has no oil in her lamp.
A minister or pastor with thousands of followers, but empty in the secret place.
A boss who inspires, but is spiritually and morally bankrupt.
A young person admired online, but forgotten in Heaven’s record.
Yes, you can build empires and still miss eternity.
You can sing in the choir and still be a stranger to God.
You can be popular on earth-and unknown in Heaven.
God does not reward performance-He rewards intimacy.
He doesn’t check platforms-He checks posture. He searches what we do when no one is watching.
Maybe you started with fire-do you still burn?
You used to cry in worship-now you only clap.
You used to fast to know Him-now you fast for breakthroughs and vengeance.
You used to preach with tears-now you perform with polished English.
Oh yes, Moses finished with scars-but he finished known.
Let me ask you:
When the mic drops…
When the congregation claps for another…
When your name fades from men’s mouths…
When the marriage has weathered storms…
When the children have grown…
Will Heaven still whisper, “That one knew Me”?
REFLECTION PROMPT:
Have you allowed your role, your gift, or your public success to replace your private walk? Are you still known in the presence of God?
TAKEAWAY STATEMENT:
A life well lived is not one that impresses the world-but one that walks with God until the final breath.
CLOSING PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, help me not to finish strong in the eyes of men while finishing empty in the courts of Heaven. Let me be known in my home, my calling, and most importantly-in Your presence.
2. Strip me of every idol of appearance and ambition. Let me finish as one who never left Your side. May my last breath echo “Jesus,” and may Heaven thunder, “Well done.”
In Jesus’ Mighty Name, Amen!
