Towards Greater Victories...in the Year of Sabbath!

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As the Year of Victory draws to a close, there is much to give thanks for....for God's grace, goodness and faithfulness in granting us victories in so many areas of our lives. May it be on the personal front, family, career, ministry, I thank God that I have so many blessings to count.

And I fully resonate with SP's belief that as we enter the Year of Sabbath, instead of seeing the end of victories, what we will see is a continuation of victories greater than anything we have seen...on the condition that we obey the Lord and honour His Sabbath.

"If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the LORD's holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
then you will find your joy in the LORD,
and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land
and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob."
The mouth of the LORD has spoken. (Isaiah 58:13-14)

Indeed, as it has been spoken of so many times before...victory in Christ IS our birthright. We however need to be watchful that we do not sell our birthright as eternal victors for "a bowl of stew".... something that brings only temporal relief and pleasure.

Even as the we reach the last day of 2007, the Lord is speaking loud and clear to me on this issue. And I believe that His promise is that if I am willing to trust, honor and obey Him above wholeheartedly, joy and victory beyond my imagination will definitely be experienced.

So that even in the Year of Sabbath, 2 Corinthians 2:14 will continue to be a familiar refrain in my life:

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him!
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