What a wonderful season as
we celebrated the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ! Now we face a new Year! What will this year
hold for the Christian, the people of God? There will be “Plenty” of
opportunities to Trust the Lord, to share His Goodness in a corrupt Generation,
to show His Love as we walk among His Children. The Psalmist proclaimed “Thou,
Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and “Plenteous” in Mercy! The
important issue of our day is to “remain Faithful” under all circumstances for
the Lord is preparing a people to live with Him in Eternal Life. So much was
given to us as we celebrated Jesus Birth. He had given many Gifts to His
People. In this New Year, may we explore in depth the glorious Gifts that He
has provided for us. There is Salvation, the forgiveness of our sins, and then
follows all the Fruit of His Spirit. These Fruits are enlarged as we go deeper
into the Baptism of His Holy Ghost. There is no limit in God, and as we see the
wickedness on the horizon we must press in for more of our God! What can we
expand in our Christian conduct, our Christian example, and our Gifts that He
has given to us. There is “Plenty” of opportunities to grow in His Grace, His
Mercy, and in His Forgiveness! O the Plenteous Mercy of God! This may be the
Year that God desires to restore unto you as He did in the days of Joel. Here
the Restoration of “Plenty!” Joel 2:25-27
“I
will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and
the caterpiller, and the palmerworm … And
ye shall eat in Plenty, and be satisfied, and Praise the name of the
Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never
be ashamed. And ye shall know that I Am in the midst of Israel, and that I am
the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.” I
sincerely believe that in the midst of all the clamor, God’s Love and Mercy
will keep our hearts in tune with Him! I read in the Psalm as I prepared this
Message and it strengthen me … Psalm 86:15-17 “Thou, O Lord,
art a God full of Compassion, and Gracious, Longsuffering, and Plenteous
in Mercy and Truth. O turn unto me, and have Mercy upon me; give Thy strength
unto Thy servant …” There will be “Plenty” of opportunities to wait for the
Lord also. But in our waiting, we will “Hope in His Word! [Ps.130] Let us focus
on Israel as these days unfold remembering God is excellent in power, and “Plenty”
in Justice {Job 37:22-23} As we explore the opportunities that come to us let
us remember also what Jesus said when He saw the multitudes … “He was moved
with Compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as
sheep having no Shepherd. He said unto His Disciples/His followers … The
harvest Truly is “Plenteous,” but the labourers are few; Pray ye
therefore the Lord of the Harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His
Harvest!” May Jesus Compassion be our Quest. Happy New Year! Loving you Pastor
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