NEW MERCIES DAILY!
DATE: Sun, Dec 7, 2025
THEME: Grace for Unexpected Transitions
DAY 1 TITLE: When the Year Ends Differently Than You Expected
SCRIPTURE TEXT: “For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from thee…” — Isaiah 54:10
BY: Effiong Etok
Carrier of God’s Word
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When expectations fail, grace steps in to show us what God was truly building.
MESSAGE
Beloved, many of us have entered December quietly wounded. We began the year with visions, goals, timelines, and prayers—yet some doors refused to open, some dreams did not unfold, and some expectations died slowly in our hands. It is painful to arrive at the end of a year feeling unfinished, unseen, or unanswered.
But hear this: when the year ends differently than you expected, it is not because God abandoned you—it is because He is transitioning you.
There is a grace that only appears in the evening month. A holy grace that:
— softens the pain of sudden changes,
— strengthens us to release what has expired,
— opens our eyes to new instructions,
— and positions us for the year ahead with clarity, not confusion.
This grace whispers, “You are not being punished. You are being prepared.”
Sometimes God must rearrange the chessboard of your destiny before the next move makes sense. Sometimes He must close the door you kept knocking on, because the room you wanted cannot host the future He is building.
Beloved, do not measure God’s faithfulness by the parts of the year you do not understand. Mountains may depart, hills may collapse, expectations may shift—but His mercy has not changed its position concerning you.
So as this year closes, pay attention to what God is shifting.
Don’t fight transitions carrying His fingerprints.
Ask Him, “Lord, what are You preparing me for?”
Because this year may end with questions… but the next will begin with answers.
PRAYER DECLARATION
Father, heal every disappointment I carried into December; let Your grace interpret my transitions, in Jesus’ Name.
Lord, reposition me where destiny is calling; let nothing You ordained slip into the new year unfinished.
O God, give me clarity for 2026; let this transition usher me into Your best, in Jesus’ Mighty Name. Amen.
