My Dear Partners and Friends,
As we have entered the new year pushing back 2008,I would like to share a message to you which I hope will be of great encouragement for you.
Let me share a few verses with you. Joshua 1: 1,2 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord,the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun,Moses’ assistant : “Moses my servant is dead. Now then,you and all these people,get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them-to the Israelites. After the death of Moses who led the Israelites out of Egypt, the people were staggering as they did not know what to do next.Even Joshua was in the same perplexed situation. He was looking to the old glorious days of Moses. In fact he was living in the memories of the past.By looking unto the past,they missed to focus on the future and forgot their calling.
Let me tell you my dear fellow believers,Moses is past ! Moses is dead,Elijah is dead,Elisha is dead. They cannot do anything in the present day. They are all history now! But there is someone who can do something today! That is you by the grace of Lord Jesus Christ.
The second verse says, Now Then you….Enough of time that is wasted on the memories of the past..Now you have to recognize the calling and voice of God and rise up.
God is not a God of the past or yesterday.God is the God of today and the present. Present is the gift of God.Yesterday is history and future is a mystery.Today is the gift of God!! May be 2008 was a year of troubles and tribulations for you.It must have been a year of pains,sorrows, tears and sickness. But a new year has dawn! It is high time to shed the painful memories of the past. Even if you had some great experiences in 2008,do not limit our Lord God in 2009 with that.Expect even greater in these days to come.
Today,God wants to tell to each of us that let go the past,Today is the day that I Am raising people,today is the day that I Am anointing people. So Get up and march ahead in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Once when I was in England,a few of my friends took me to a tree where John Wesley preached his last sermon.I saw a board which said the same information. I said to myself ‘John Wesley is dead,Now I have to arise’. It is time for the people of God to say that ‘God is the God of today’!
God is the God of now. When moses asked God’ who are you? God said ‘I AM WHO I AM’. He did not say ‘I was’ nor did God say ‘I will’. God said ‘I Am’. In New Testament it is written’ I am the way,the Truth and the Life. God is the God of Today.
Let me encourage you to look 2009 for greater glory,greater blessings and greater works of God.In heaven,there are no refrigerators.2008 is dead and know what is waiting and who is waiting for you in 2009.Present is a gift of God.Do not ruin it by looking to the past nor be worried by thinking what will happen to you in future. Jesus has the best in store for you.He will lead you safely and will cause only good to happen to you.
So rise up and go by cutting the ropes of yesterday.Live today victoriously with the Lord Jesus Christ and press on towards a glorious future.
Your Partner in the Great Harvest
Evangelist Ram Babu
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