The Expected End (Jeremiah 29:11)

Jeremiah 29:11 says, ‘’ for I know the thoughts that I have towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.’’

What is the expected end that we are looking forward to as believers in Christ Jesus? Is it an earthly end or an eternal end? Are we focusing our gaze on the world and its perishing values? Is the expected end limited to the riches and pleasures of the world?

Is it not a spiritual shortsightedness when a Christian takes eternity out of his focus and views the things of the world as his main focus? Our expected end should be an eternity with Christ. We should keep eternity in our view so that our lives can be shaped by His righteousness.

‘’ What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his soul? What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26)

The multitudes that perished in the floods in the days of Noah lacked an eternal focus. They focused their lives on perishable earthly values – eating and drinking; marrying and giving in marriage; building and planting, and buying and selling (Luke 17:26-30).

Jesus says in John 14:2, ‘’ in my father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.’’

Christ is in heaven; therefore we should have heaven in view as our focus and not allow the temporal things of the world to distract our heavenly and eternal focus as it did in the days of Noah and Lot. 

Those that perished in the days of Noah and Lot made the things of the world their chief end in life as if life on earth is forever. Eternity with Christ is the expected end that God has for us.

About the Author

The author, Ayodele Adegbulugbe is a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and an Evangelist based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a Counselor, writer and a published author.