2 Kings 19:29

We have just gone through Christmas and the good news that God is with us. We certainly do not deserve such a wonderful gift from Heaven. There is only one explanation as to why we have been given such love, and it is grace.

GRACE IS THE VERY MEANS BY WHICH GOD HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HUMAN RACE.

“And this [shall be] a sign unto you, you shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves.” (2 Kings 19:29). How many times have we tasted the sweet fruit of someone else’s labor? There was no cost, it wasn’t earned or necessarily deserved; we received simply because someone was good and generous.

The Bible says that we shall eat THIS YEAR such things that grow themselves. In its context it was a sign of God’s help. The Assyrians had stolen the crops and seed of God’s people, but God would allow crops to grow on their own and folks would eat from them; then in due time the seed would also be replenished; that is grace.

This New Year we too can feast on the manna of a bountiful supply. The devil has tried to take what God has given; sometimes he succeeded. God has planted grace all around us; and we can get our lives back. There can be a new wind of revival in 2020 as a sign that God is still on His throne; and He is ruler yet.

If you have tried to make changes in your life, and have only failed; I have good news. This very day we can stand still and know God. We can stop trying and start trusting that God is able to do more that we could ever dream or imagine. We too can feast on the living word and replenish the seed and the fruit of the Spirit.

Do we believe that this could be our year of jubilee? I pray that 2020 can be a time when we (and the church) can rediscover what it means to be revived by the grace of God; and to be so alive in Christ that others will want for themselves what we have found in Jesus.