“The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.” –  Ecclesiastes 7:8 

“There is light at the end of the tunnel” – many of us know this saying, and it connects beautifully to our verse today: “the end of every matter is better than its beginning.” Let’s zoom in on train tunnels for a moment. From outside, they look like long, dark passages that would scare most of us. They’re gloomy and isolating, often home to rats and snakes. If you were walking through one, you’d need serious light just to find your way forward.

Life often pulls us through tunnels; those hard seasons when we feel stuck in darkness. That’s where God’s Word becomes our light, guiding us step by step. King Solomon knew this truth: “the end of every matter is better than its beginning.” He understood that God’s children don’t just survive these tunnels – we come out stronger, clearer, more whole. God doesn’t waste our pain. Every challenge has a purpose, and when we finally see the light ahead, we discover His plan was always bigger and better than we imagined.

For every Christian, the end of a matter is better because God is deeply invested in your journey, not just the destination. Oswald Chambers once said that God doesn’t believe the end justifies the means. Instead, God believes the end explains. As believers, our lives make sense when we look back from the end. God often keeps the ending hidden from us because He cares about the process as much as the result. But we can rest in His promise: “I have plans to prosper you and give you a future.” So let’s embrace this season, whatever it holds. Trust Him completely. He’s already working it out.

To us all who may be going through long dark tunnels, God is telling you to keep holding the torch. Keep holding on to His word, for that is what will guide your path and lead you to the other end, the expected end. Difficult situations are always liaised with confusion and a great degree of uncertainty but the promise of our Lord stands, “all things work together for those who love the Lord, those who have been called according to His purpose.” As long as you’re walking in purpose, you are good, you will find the light at the end of the tunnel.