I was listening to a friend share yesterday and as I did she said, “I have never identified the end game of this endeavor I am in. I need to know what my end game is.” Then this morning in prayer, the Lord speaks to me and says, “The end game of sin is always death.” Romans 6:23 comes to my spirit “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” The next thought the Holy Spirit drops in my spirit is, “This is why I call people to repent, because the end game of sin is always death and I do not delight in the death of anyone.”

No one wants to die, but how many people are willing to repent of their sin in order to live and live life abundantly? The root of all sin is unbelief, we don’t believe what God says, therefore we do what we want to do, rather than trust God for what He knows we are supposed to do. The enemy damaged our trust as a child, for he knew better than we did, that it takes trust to obey the words of God over our own ways, thoughts, plans, ideas. The invitation to sin by the enemy is because he knows the end game of sin is death and he rejoices in things that die in us, through us and around us.

I was praying Psalm 85 this morning and it says, “Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly. Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.” The preceeding verses speak of restoration of fortunes, revival of people, and God turning from his anger. We love the words restore and revive, but I believe God is saying to us, He will restore, He will revive, but He wants us to remain restored, remain revived. He does not want us to return to our folly once He rescues us out of it. For the end game of sin is death, but the end game of remaining faithful to God is life and life abundantly. We need to repent and remain for righteousness is exalting the nations.