No Matter How Far

No Matter How Far

"No matter how far away you end up, GOD, your God, will get you out of there."
— Deuteronomy 30:4

This verse affirms the age-old truth: “It is not over until God says it is over.” Scripture says, “No matter how far away you end up…” — meaning that even when it seems like you have reached the end of the road, God is only just beginning. Where situations conclude, God commences. What looks like the final chapter to you is often the opening paragraph in God’s plan.

We are sometimes too quick to write off what God has not written off. Too quick to pronounce a benediction where God is declaring an opening prayer. Too quick to call “the end” what God calls “the beginning.”

Consider Jonah. Even in what seemed like the most impossible situation — swallowed by a fish, sinking into the depths of the sea — Jonah refused to give up. At the moment that looked like the absolute end, he prayed. “From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.” (Jonah 2:1 NIV). And the God who rescues no matter how far away you end up, brought him out.

I don’t know what you may be facing right now. For some, the final month of the year feels like the final verdict. But hear this clearly: it is not over until God says it is over. The same God who can reach you no matter how far, no matter how deep, no matter how lost — will get you out of there. Hold on. God is not done with you yet.

Reflection

God’s reach has no limit. No failure is too deep, no mistake too far, no season too late for Him to turn around. When we think the year is closing and our hopes are closing with it, God reminds us that His timetable is not bound by ours. The question is not how far we have gone — it is how willing we are to call on the God who is already on His way to rescue.

Prayer

Father, thank You because no distance can separate me from Your mercy. Even when I feel far, lost, or at a dead end, You are still able to reach me and bring me out. Strengthen my heart to trust You in the closing days of this year. Revive my hope, renew my faith, and let Your rescue, restoration, and new beginnings find me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Have a fruitful day,
(Dr.) Emmanuel Okoro
(aka Dr. Lift)

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