People of God!

"This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the LORD. “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the LORD. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people." (Jeremiah 31:32,33 NLT)

Before He came down from heaven and walked among us, He promised us a new covenant--a covenant that made the one null and void. Before anyone ever saw Him in the flesh, He decreed that He would write His instructions and establish them within in our hearts. Before the captivity of a people He loved, He promised to increase humanity and for those people, He would be their God and we would be His people.

People of God--those who have a relationship with Him, those who understand not only the written Word, but the importance of having a relationship with Him in honoring all He has said, it is time for us to rise up in the power He has given through Holy Spirit and proclaim the Year of The Lord--in all of His glory!

We have become too comfortable with sin--too comfortable with ignoring those who attempt to change who God is--too comfortable in watching our society slide back into captivity and the enemy is rejoicing over our laxity. The enemy wants us to be quiet and say nothing because the more silent we become, the greater the victory for him. For those who know--how the enemy functions--tearing up foundational beliefs, bit by bit--like that small fox eating away at the grapes on the lower vine until those at the top are also destroyed--it is time for ACTION, FROM GOD's PEOPLE!

Stop winking at sin and covering your ears! Open your mouths and speak what God speaks--written in His Word and upon your hearts! Live a life that compels others to want to emulate you in serving our God in obedience. Do good for all you can and pray for those who either you cannot help or refuse to be helped. Rise up--People of God--every morning with a praise on your lips and worship in your heart--determined to share the Good News with everyone you meet. Get out of the buildings--the brick and mortar--and change what happens on every street corner to the glory of God. After all, YOU ARE THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD and your life should not be confined to serving Him in a building.

The time is now! Time to let the world know that God has people and those people have a God who they are not ashamed to serve--in the public as well as in private. Let's truly make this year--The Year of The Lord--the year under-cover Christians throw off the covers and walk proudly among those who do not know Him. This is the Year and we may never get another chance, if we who know Him, don't get up and out and proclaim sin--sin! If we don't remind people of Judgment Day, we will not be able to stand before our God and expect to hear, "Well Done!"

People of God--Rise up and Do all that you can to prove to a dying world that God is real, His love is real, and you are not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ--our Risen Savior!