Tomorrow it will be Christmas Day, and soon the arrival of another new year! Do you, like me, say (again), 'where did that year go?' The time passes by so quickly, and we have had yet another tumultuous year in our world. A year of wars, famines, floods, earthquakes, disruptions and death.
It has been a year when people we love have died through sickness, by accident, through massacre, and some by their own hand. A year that many would rather forget, as they hope for better days to come.
The very real Hope of the world, is Jesus Christ. He is the one who will eventually bring the peace we hope for......if our hope is founded in Him. I am continually thankful that His word, the Bible tells us what lies ahead for the world, and it is that there is much tribulation to come before Jesus finally comes again to rule and reign in a restored heavens and earth.
Many, in fact most of the Bible prophecies have already come to pass, in amazingly precise ways. The most important one being the arrival of Jesus Christ whose birth we remember tomorrow. If you haven't been used to reading the Bible, may I suggest you start to do so in this coming year. Find a friend or a group you can read/study it with.....and be amazed at the message of life, peace, hope and joy it brings.
Don't stop when you get to the book of Revelation at the end of the New Testament. That is like reading a book and stopping before the last chapter! Revelation is the ONLY book in the Bible that promises a blessing to those who read it......Revelation 1:3 says "God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near."
If we have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and his revelation to those who will believe, we have no reason to be afraid of what lies ahead only a joyful anticipation of what is to come. My aim for 2026 is this......
"I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us." Philippians 3:14. I pray that you will too. Come Lord Jesus!
Prayer: Heavenly Father it is my prayer that you give me, and all your people, a stronger desire to search out your truth in the Bible that you have given us in this coming year. Amen
