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Don’t you want to finish well? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to say like Paul, “The time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day; and not only me, but also all who have loved His appearing.” – – 2 Timothy 4:6-8.

What does it take to finish well? The account of Moses’ death is in this last chapter of Deuteronomy. He finishes the course of his life. From this account you gain insight into what it takes to finish like Moses.

God himself buried Moses in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-Peor. Therefore, no one knows exactly where Moses was buried, and we cannot read his tombstone. Chapter 34 in many ways becomes the tombstone for Moses.

A tombstone gives a sense of how a person lived. I’ve noticed tombstones have become much simpler lately. That might be because tombstones have also become much smaller.

Tombstones give some insight into the life the person lived. Here are some words from actual tombstones: “Beneath this stone, a lump of clay, lies stingy Jimmy Wyatt, who died one morning just at ten, and saved a dinner by it.” Then there’s this one, “Jedidiah Goodwin, Auctioneer, born 1828, Going! Going! Gone!! 1876.”

How about this one, “John Goembel, Attorney… The Defense Rests.” This one is sad, “Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up and no place to go.” My favorite is, “See, I told you I was sick!”

Our mom noticed a lot of tombstones said, “Gone but not forgotten.” One day, mom said, “You can put anything but, ‘Gone, but not forgotten’ on my tombstone. So we teased her saying we were going to write, “Anything but – gone, but not forgotten.” We finally settled on, “Our Mother – Our Friend.”

Someone once said that the most important part of a tombstone is what lies behind the dash between the date of birth and the date of death.

When you look at the life of Moses, especially the last 80 years of his life, and the death of Moses, you see a man from whom you can learn many lessons about living well and finishing well.

I. Know the Lord More Intimately

 Everyone must decide how they’re going to live. You have one life to live – – after that comes eternity.

 Wouldn’t it be good to live this one life with eternity in view? Know the Lord more intimately, walk with Him more closely. It’s the key to living well and is the key to finishing well.

 Verse 10 -- “Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel whom the Lord knew face to face.”

 In other words, this became one of the defining aspects of Moses’ life, he knew God face to face. In other words, they spoke to each other, “As a man speaks to his friend.”

 If you want the dash between your birth and death to have meaning, this is a key.

A. God wants you to live life to the full

 Life is short and God wants you to live it to the full.

John 10:10, “The thief comes only to steal kill and destroy, I came that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

 The word ‘to the full’ is better translated, ‘exceedingly abundantly” or in other words, overflowing.

Ephesians 3:19-20, I pray that you would know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Now unto Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us…

 So be careful how you live, we are living in an age where the world is turning away from God and we are seeing indications that we are living in the latter days…

Ephesians 5:15-18, Be careful how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit.


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