December is our Month of JOYFULLY Keeping On – Isaiah 12:3.
Recently, I was in a traffic jam. In many cities where there are no strict laws on street begging, beggars use such traffic jams or traffic intersections to solicit for arms. Typically, this particular day, a beggar was doing the rounds. He must have started from about 6 or 7 cars ahead of mine. To my knowledge, not one occupant of any of those cars gave him anything. I had a bill already sorted out for him. To my amazement, he got to the car immediately before mine and suddenly turned away. Experience had robbed him. Since he hadn’t gotten anything from over 5 or 6 cars, he must have imagined “what’s the use keeping on?”. Well, I couldn’t help him. Attempts to catch his attention were in vain.
Then I suddenly realized that many of us are like that. Just when our breakthrough is about to happen, we violently disconnect our faith and give up.
Well, Am sure you started 2016 with much hope, faith, and expectation. For my globally ‘FAMILY’ it was declared in December last year: “2016 is our Year of FAVOR 4 DISTINGUISHMENT- Est2:17. In every situation, Godz FAVOR shall distinguish U from d Crowd 4 Glory, Honor, Reward & Blessing, IJN.” The anchor Scripture has been: Esther 2:17 “And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.”
I have to acknowledge that for many of you, it has not always turned out in this way.
There is, therefore, the temptation (like the beggar at the traffic lights) to imagine that you have trusted God since January to November without any tangible result. Therefore, what’s the use? You might as well forget about this year and hope that 2017 will be better.
Well, please don’t give up!
Don’t lose your faith!
Don’t lose your hope!
Don’t lose your expectation or joy!
Patiently retain your faith and Confidence that The Lord will yet deliver. “Cast not away, therefore, your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” Hebrews 10:35-36 KJV
So how can you sustain your Faith and Confidence in such apparently negative circumstances? You are to use d Weapon of JOY to draw out your Testimonies. For the rest of this year, daily Thank God JOYFULLY that you have even made it this far. JOYFULLY thank God for your Life, Health, Healing, Home, Family, Job, Biz, Ministry, Career, Certificates, etc. Before you know what is happening, the “wells” of Life will release your “salvation” or Testimony and “Godz FAVOR shall distinguish U from d Crowd for Glory, Honor, Reward & Blessing, in Jesus Name.”
Trust God! He is NEVER Late. Even after Lazarus has been buried four Days, once He arrives, the party just begins. What’s more, He CROWNS the Year with Goodness. “Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness.” Psalm 65:11 KJV. God reserves the ‘Crown’ Testimony for the very end. There is the CROWN of 2016 uploading… Your JOYFUL Thanksgiving will download it.