Jesus must be our life-focus in the coming Days of 2022

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Now, you and I find ourselves at that place at the end of the year where we look back with an unmistakable realization of God’s presence all the way through the days, weeks, and months of this past year. 2021 has been a year of gains and losses, highs and lows, births and funerals, graduations, and retirements, delight as well as disappointment. The fact is that statement is true of every year — such is life. Thankfully, the losses of life do not have to define our future. Feelings must give way to faith as we stand on the premise of His promises:

“For we know that all things work together for good to them who love God and are called according to His purpose.”

(Rom. 8:28)

“There is no temptation (test, trial or difficulty) taken you but such is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation (test, trial or difficulty) will also make a way of escape that you may be able to bear it.”

(I Cor. 10:13)

Today, on December 30, though Christmas is past... His name remains real and relevant regardless of our status, station, or circumstance. “Jesus”…there is something that brings prevailing peace, comfort, courage, and confidence. In a few days, we will cross the threshold of a New Year with Jesus the Savior in our lives. We have His assurance that He will never leave us or forsake us. We don’t know today what we are going to face in the tomorrows of 2022. It is in faith that we believe God to bless us with His favor in all we set our hands to do for Him. But for now, we look back with grateful hearts and realize how good God has been to each of us. His mercy has exceeded our merit, His forgiveness has exceeded our failures, His grace has exceeded our grief, His provisions have exceeded our problems and His spiritual gifts have exceeded the liability of our limitations … what a good and gracious God we serve!!!

In these few days, between Christmas and New Year’s Day, may we make it our resolve in the coming year to trust Him in our trials, look to Him for leadership, wait for His wisdom and lean on Him for His unfailing strength. “Jesus” …may He be the focus of our faith, subject of our songs, the passion in our praise, the meat of our message, the motive of our mission and the source of our strength.

Rev. Bob Wilburn serves as the Mississippi District Superintendent of the Assemblies of God. Rev. Wilburn has pastored in Mississippi for more than 46 years with pastorates in Indianola, Philadelphia,






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