I would like to wish each and every
one of you a happy new year. May this year be the year of
breakthroughs in your life, may this be the year where you break an
addiction that you have been struggling with, may this year be the
year where you make peace with others and yourself, may this be the
year where you are healed, may this be the year where you finally
accept yourself as you are, may this be the year of new
friendships, may this be the year of new beginnings, may this year
be the year of promotions, may this be the year of spiritual
success, may this be the year of healing and restoration in your
marriage and may this year be the year of family.
And why can I wish you all this? I
can wish all these blessings on your life, because we serve a good
God. We serve a God who looks after His children, a God that
sacrificed His own Son for you, a God that has your best interest
in mind, a God of the impossible. And that excites me. I am
trusting God this year for the impossible. I trust Him for the
impossible in every area of my life.
When I read through the Gospels, I
read of one miracle after another. I read how Jesus healed
hundreds, if not thousands, I read how He calmed the waves of the
sea, I read how He walked on water, I read how a whole battalion of
soldiers fell backward when He told them that 'I AM' (John 18:5,6),
I read how demons fled when He rebuked them, I read how He provides
food to thousands with mere five loaves of bread and two fishes.
And so I can go on, God is a miraculous God.
Just read the whole Old Testament
and you will see how He wiped out an entire Egyptian army, how He
consumed a whole city with fire, how He destroyed the whole earth
in a devastating flood, how He provided victory for the Israelites
by one act of obedience by men like Jonathan and Gideon, how He
demolished Jericho's thick wall, how He burned up sacrifices with
fire from above and so I can go on. And today God is still the
same, He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He never
changes.
And we are His children. We are the
children of the mighty King of the Universe, the children of the
One Who can literally do anything. Stop and take in the
significance of that. You have a Father with a wallet that will
make Bill Gates' wallet pale in insignificance. You have an
almighty Father backing you all the way. All you need to do is two
things. One, you need to love Him with all your heart and all your
soul and all your might and two, you need to obey Him (As I pointed
out in my Christmas message 2014).
And that is my message from God to
you this year. Love Him and obey Him. It sounds so simple and
straightforward, something that you have heard so many times
before. But are you doing it? Or are you maybe being disciplined
for not doing what you are supposed to be doing? A good earthly
father disciplines his children for not obeying him and for being
disrespectful, and God is no different. If this might be the case,
ask His forgiveness and correct what needs to be corrected.
Then spend time with Him and make
Him your first priority. Be adamant to hear His Voice through His
Word, the still Voice within, peace within, receiving confirmations
and then obey. I repeat again, obey. If you don't know what He is
saying to you, read the Word and obey the Word, then you have
already come a looooong way.
I can feel the excitement well up
within me. I believe God for the impossible this year. I believe
that we will see miracles as we stand in awe with arms stretched
out in His Presence. I believe that He wants the best for us and I
am so excited to see what it is. There is no better place to
be.
Father God thank you for a new
year. Thank you for the privilege of having a new year to dedicate
to You. We love You and stand in awe of Your glorious Presence.
Father we trust You for breakthroughs, and miracles this year. We
trust You for the impossible. We cannot wait to see what You have
in store for us. Give us the strength to obey You no matter what.
In Jesus' mighty Name. Amen