This is NOT the End
This is NOT the End!
Life has a way of convincing you that the chapter you’re in is the whole story. The pressure feels permanent. The betrayal feels final. The exile feels endless. But Scripture tells a different story — and Daniel models it beautifully.
The message of The Get Up Goal series leads to one final and freeing reality:
What you’re facing is not the end. Even “the end” isn’t your end.
The message of The Get Up Goal series leads to one final and freeing reality:
What you’re facing is not the end. Even “the end” isn’t your end.
THE DEVIL RUNS THE SAME THREE SCAMS
When Daniel and his friends were taken from their homeland, Babylon didn’t simply relocate them — it tried to rename them. It tried to recode their identity. And the enemy still does the same thing today.
1. The Identity Scam — “You Are What You Do”
Babylon gave Daniel and his friends pagan names, attempting to rewrite who they were. Today, the enemy tries to rename you with labels like: “failure,” “divorced,” “not enough,” “the addict.” He can’t remove God’s mark from your life, so he tries to remove your awareness of it.
But the Word speaks louder:
You are chosen. Royal. Set apart. God’s possession. (1 Peter 2:9)
2. The Compromise Scam — “It’s Just a Little Thing”
Compromise rarely begins with a fall — it begins with a drift. One small “exception,” one blurred boundary, one moment of “I’m just surviving.”
Babylon normalized compromise one meal and one bowed knee at a time.
Paul warns us:
“A little leaven leavens the whole lump.” (Galatians 5:9)
Small compromises become big consequences.
3. The Substitution Scam — “Worship What Works”
When the enemy can’t stop your worship, he redirects it. He trades Yahweh for Bel, prayer for productivity, devotion for platform.
This is how people begin blending instead of believing.
Romans 1:25 makes it clear: “They exchanged the truth for a lie and worshiped created things.”
THREE WAYS TO OVERCOME THE SCAM
Daniel not only survived Babylon — he thrived in it. He lived with clarity, boundaries, and holiness. His life shows us how to resist the scams that try to break us down.
1. Expose It with the Word
Clarity defeats counterfeits. Daniel didn’t fight darkness with strength — he fought it with light. Scripture reveals the scam for what it is.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105)
2. Establish Non-Negotiables Early
Long before Daniel was ever pressured to conform, he had already decided: “I will not defile myself.” (Daniel 1:8) You don’t draw your boundaries in temptation; you draw them in clarity.
3. Elevate What Is Holy
Holiness is not perfection — it’s value. You protect what you prize. When your walk with God becomes sacred to you, you guard it differently. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)
WHY THIS MATTERS: BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE END
Daniel spent his entire life in a foreign land surrounded by opposition. Yet he never panicked. Why? Because he saw the whole story. The book of Daniel is split into two halves:
Daniel understood something most people miss:
Sometimes God doesn’t only teach you how to survive the moment — He shows you how the story ends.
Daniel prophesied the next four global empires with perfect accuracy — Babylon, Persia, Greece, and its division into four kingdoms. He predicted it 300 years before it happened.
Why does this matter?
Because if God fulfilled every prophecy then…
He will fulfill every promise now.
Ephesians 3:20 reminds us that God can do more than you can ask or imagine.
Jeremiah 29:11 tells us He has plans for your good, not disaster.
Even the rise of future evil — the “fourth beast” — ends the same way every time:
“He will be destroyed, but not by human power.” (Daniel 8:25)
The enemy rises. But God ends it.
DON’T PANIC. DON’T QUIT. DON’T RUN.
Pressure doesn’t mean the promise is failing.
Turbulence doesn’t mean the plane is crashing.
Pain doesn’t mean the story is over.
Sometimes the worst thing you can do is panic and walk away from the process God is using to heal you.
Stay in the boat.
Stay in community.
Stay planted.
Stay believing.
You have a hope — and His name is Jesus.
This is not the end. This is your Get Up moment.
1. The Identity Scam — “You Are What You Do”
Babylon gave Daniel and his friends pagan names, attempting to rewrite who they were. Today, the enemy tries to rename you with labels like: “failure,” “divorced,” “not enough,” “the addict.” He can’t remove God’s mark from your life, so he tries to remove your awareness of it.
But the Word speaks louder:
You are chosen. Royal. Set apart. God’s possession. (1 Peter 2:9)
2. The Compromise Scam — “It’s Just a Little Thing”
Compromise rarely begins with a fall — it begins with a drift. One small “exception,” one blurred boundary, one moment of “I’m just surviving.”
Babylon normalized compromise one meal and one bowed knee at a time.
Paul warns us:
“A little leaven leavens the whole lump.” (Galatians 5:9)
Small compromises become big consequences.
3. The Substitution Scam — “Worship What Works”
When the enemy can’t stop your worship, he redirects it. He trades Yahweh for Bel, prayer for productivity, devotion for platform.
This is how people begin blending instead of believing.
Romans 1:25 makes it clear: “They exchanged the truth for a lie and worshiped created things.”
THREE WAYS TO OVERCOME THE SCAM
Daniel not only survived Babylon — he thrived in it. He lived with clarity, boundaries, and holiness. His life shows us how to resist the scams that try to break us down.
1. Expose It with the Word
Clarity defeats counterfeits. Daniel didn’t fight darkness with strength — he fought it with light. Scripture reveals the scam for what it is.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105)
2. Establish Non-Negotiables Early
Long before Daniel was ever pressured to conform, he had already decided: “I will not defile myself.” (Daniel 1:8) You don’t draw your boundaries in temptation; you draw them in clarity.
3. Elevate What Is Holy
Holiness is not perfection — it’s value. You protect what you prize. When your walk with God becomes sacred to you, you guard it differently. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)
WHY THIS MATTERS: BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE END
Daniel spent his entire life in a foreign land surrounded by opposition. Yet he never panicked. Why? Because he saw the whole story. The book of Daniel is split into two halves:
- Chapters 1–6: What is happening
- Chapters 7–12: What will happen
Daniel understood something most people miss:
Sometimes God doesn’t only teach you how to survive the moment — He shows you how the story ends.
Daniel prophesied the next four global empires with perfect accuracy — Babylon, Persia, Greece, and its division into four kingdoms. He predicted it 300 years before it happened.
Why does this matter?
Because if God fulfilled every prophecy then…
He will fulfill every promise now.
Ephesians 3:20 reminds us that God can do more than you can ask or imagine.
Jeremiah 29:11 tells us He has plans for your good, not disaster.
Even the rise of future evil — the “fourth beast” — ends the same way every time:
“He will be destroyed, but not by human power.” (Daniel 8:25)
The enemy rises. But God ends it.
DON’T PANIC. DON’T QUIT. DON’T RUN.
Pressure doesn’t mean the promise is failing.
Turbulence doesn’t mean the plane is crashing.
Pain doesn’t mean the story is over.
Sometimes the worst thing you can do is panic and walk away from the process God is using to heal you.
Stay in the boat.
Stay in community.
Stay planted.
Stay believing.
You have a hope — and His name is Jesus.
This is not the end. This is your Get Up moment.
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