SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 30:26
"In addition the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day that the Lord ties up the injury of His kin And mends the stroke of their injury."
REFLECTIONS
Advantaged! Leaned toward! Favored! Cherished! Saved! Saved! Reestablished! Accommodated! Count yourself advantaged and respected! The year 2021 has become history. What an astonishing God who has driven us this far. It has been an incredible excursion during that time 2021 even with COVID-19 around. God's dependability in staying faithful to His commitment has brought us through the full length of 365 days in the year 2021. Under the immediate direction of God, we have been advantaged and expected to spend testing however compensating 365 days in the year. What we can accordingly say is: Ebenezer "Up to this point the Lord has helped us." - 1 Samuel 7:12.
It has not all been sweet and charming in each home. Yet, God has been with us and His essence has implied definitely more for us than whatever else we would have wished and expected in the year. The prophet in Zechariah 13:9 uncovers to us a brief look at God's activities and purposes for our benefit: "I will bring the one – third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tried. They will call out to on Me, And I will respond to them. I will say, 'This is My kin'; And every one will say, 'The Lord is my God.' " Through your torment and dissatisfaction, God was all the while working for yourself and for your benefit.
The time has come to confirm the honesty of the guarantees God provided for care for you during the year. God stamped you in His palm. God regarded you as an illustrious who needed nothing. So the psalmist proclaimed: Psalms 18:1-6 - "[1]I will cherish You, O Lord, my strength. [2]The Lord is my stone and my post and my deliverer; My God, my solidarity, in whom I will trust; My safeguard and the horn of my salvation, my fortress. [3]I will call upon the Lord, who is qualified to be lauded; So will I be saved from my enemies. [4]The aches of death encompassed me, And the surges of wickedness made me afraid. [5]The distresses of Sheol encompassed me; The catches of death defied me. [6]In my pain I called upon the Lord, And shouted out to my God; He heard my voice from His sanctuary, And my cry preceded Him, even to His ears."
You might have your declarations in accordance with Psalms 107:19-21 which states: "[19]Then they shouted out to the Lord in their difficulty, And He saved them out of their distresses. [20]He sent His assertion and mended them, And conveyed them from their annihilations. [21]Oh, that men would express appreciation to the Lord for His integrity, And for His awesome works to the offspring of men!"
Adored, we actually have the guarantee that daily is coming when the Lord will tie up the injuries of His kin and heal the stroke of their injury (Isaiah 30:26). Beauty has presented to us this far and effortlessness will help us over and through. Through it all our Lord has been a mindful, understanding, and empathetic God and Father to us. As the year closes today, the inquiry is: who is God from your point of view?
MY SONG OF COMMITMENT
SDAH 560 - "LET ALL THINGS NOW LIVING"
LET US PRAY
Acclaim and express gratitude toward God for securely taking you through an entire year; go to stay reliable and faithful to Him as He ushers you into another year;
Petition God for families that lost some darlings over the span of the year; ask that God who supported them through their excruciating minutes will keep on showing them love and care:
Implore express gratitude toward God for anybody whose conduct, demeanor or activity constrained you to look for counsel from God through petition and Bible guarantees in 2021; appeal to God for the people who hurt you;
Implore that your relatives, companions, Church individuals, and friends and family who feel hurt, store up resentment feelings of spite, value a few sins, or hold an unforgiving soul will leave them at Jesus' feet before the day and the year is finished.