Revelation 21:6 And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.
It's probably a while since you played Snakes and Ladders but you'll remember landing on the snake's head and having to slide all the way back down to the beginning!
Occasionally we can feel like that with everyday life where things haven't gone according to plan and we feel like we've taken some backward steps. But don't be discouraged because it's not unusual. When we read about many of the people in Bible days we find them seemingly going backwards and then being wonderfully blessed and restored as God rescues them and they climb back up the ladder.
Joseph is a prime example. He goes from favourite son to being thrown in a pit to become a slave. Then he becomes favourite slave, being promoted to head of Potipher's household, only to find himself thrown in prison for years for something which wasn't his fault and he didn't do. Then finally we see him being raised back up to being in command of the whole country second only to Pharaoh and being restored to his family! All he went through strengthened him for the position God had prepared for him.
So be encouraged knowing that whatever 'setbacks' you're experiencing at the minute God has a 'setup' already prepared for you to rise back up and be all that He wants you to be. Jesus is the 'Beginning' and the End so He has a new 'beginning' all through our lives as one season ends and another one begins.
Our lives are a journey and Corrie Ten Boom said they look like a mess of tangled threads on a piece of cloth but when we turn the cloth over one day we'll see a beautiful patchwork picture. God is making a beautiful picture out of your life too so just rest in that as you begin a new week and remember you are Highly Favoured, Greatly Blessed and Deeply Loved by God.
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