Wow! The year 2020 has been an unprecedented, soul searching, eventful and Spiritually challenging for many. Yet a glorious year for as many of us who had believed God for a supernatural harvest.
It has been a year when many have been locked in with God rather than a locked down.
In 2019 the Lord had laid on my heart that 2020 will be a year of supernatural harvest.
One of the thoughts that the Lord had laid on my heart was that He wanted His church back. See below an excerpt from that write up in 2019.
God wants to return His Church back to His glory days, the days of its Power, when the Holy Spirit was allowed to move freely, the days when Jesus was the centre of the Church. God is rebuilding His Church by raising up men and women who trust and obey Him.
On 31st of December, I had said God wants His Church back and so I was not surprise when our usual Church activities was dismantled by the lockdown.
March 22nd, 2020 Mother’s Day Word of Life Church held its last service in Rehoboth Building, until July 2020.
Even though the lock down was worldwide the Church also felt the impact.
Worship teams, choirs were all dismantled and every one began to scramble for social media platform, both the mega and the house churches.
There have been stories of people struggling with anxiety, loneliness depression and lot of people have struggled financially, some have lost their jobs due to redundancy. Many have lost loved ones to COVID-19, some still have loved ones in hospital
Yes, the year 2020 has been extraordinarily challenging for many but glorious in many ways to those who know their God.
Yet in all of these God remained faithful to His Church. People were getting saved in nations like Iran where it was said that about 3000 were coming to the Lord every month.
As we are now in 2021, let us cry out to God to stretch out His hands and do great wonders in 2021.
Let us pray that God will give us boldness to share His Word without fear.
No one knows what 2021 has in stock, but God does, let us be strong and expectant because we serve a God of wonders.
Psalm 40:3-5 say these
3 He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
God will put a new song in your mouth in 2021, just trust Him. Praise Him. Declare His goodness, declare His might and His faithfulness.
Our theme scriptures for 2021 are found in the books of Psalms and Acts.
Psalm 72:18-19
18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! 19 And blessed be His glorious name forever!
And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.
Acts 4:29-30
29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
Acts 5:12
12 And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch.
I believe in my heart that 2021 will be a year of the Lord’s wonder. Just as the Lord worked signs and wonders through the disciples and Apostles of old. God will use His Church to do mighty wonders in 2021. Like the Apostles we have been locked in with God and it is time for the church to come out refreshed, anointed and begin to see signs and wonders done in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We cannot afford to be quiet in 2021 but to shout to God just as the disciples prayed in Acts 4:30
“by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
Let us pray to God to stretch out his hand to heal and for signs and wonders to be done through the name of our Lord Jesus.
Happy New Year
