CHRIST DEARLY BELOVED: AS WE ARE ENTERING INTO THE NEW YEAR 20/20 IN COUPLE OF HOURS, LET US REFLECT ON OUR LOYALTY TO GOD WHO CREATED US IN HIS OWN IMAGE, THAT SO MUCH LOVED US, AND BY THE GRACE OF WHOM WE ARE WHAT WE ARE TODAY; IN TERMS OF WORSHIP. MATTHEW, 22:-37 “JESUS REPLIED, ‘LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.” HOW OFTEN DO WE WORSHIP GOD IN THIS 2019? WE MUST ALSO REFLECT ON OUR SERVICE TO HUMANITY. PHILIPPIANS, 2:-4 “LET EACH OF YOU LOOK NOT ONLY TO HIS OWN INTERESTS BUT ALSO TO THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS.” WE CANNOT CLAIM TO LOVE GOD THAT WE CANNOT SEE WITH OUR NAKED EYES IF WE FAILED TO LOVE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FEEL AND TOUCH. JAMES,2:-15 “IF A BROTHER OR SISTER IS POORLY CLOTHED AND LACKING IN DAILY FOOD, AND ONE OF YOU SAYS TO THEM, ‘GO IN PEACE, BE WARMED AND FILLED.” WITHOUT GIVING THEM THE THINGS NEEDED FOR THE BODY, WHAT GOOD IS THAT? DON’T BE DECEIVED, CHRISTIANITY IS ALL ABOUT GIVING TO OTHERS IN NEED. WE MUST NOT ENTER INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH SAME NONCHALANT ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP AND HOSPITALITY IF WE ARE TO BE TAKEN SERIOUS. IN CONCLUSION: “THE POOR SHALL NEVER CEASE OUT OF THE LAND; THEREFORE I COMMAND THEE SAYING, THOU SHALT OPEN THINE HAND WIDE UNTO THY BROTHER, TO THY POOR, AND TO THY NEEDY, IN THE THY LAND.” (DEUTERONOMY, 15:-11)
