Month: December 2020

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As we close the chapter on the year 2020

Agreeably the year 2020 has been a challenging one with the world groaning under the affliction of the COVID-19 pandemic. The world cannot wait for the year to end hoping for a better year 2021 ahead. However, as the children of God’s kingdom – even though we are in the world together with everyone – we know that God remains the same, He’s not shocked by the events in the world and He has been faithful to His Word and kept His commitment to His people. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). If we take a moment to look back into the year 2020, consider all our experiences, our wins and our losses, we will see that God has been good to us as He has always been and that we have so many reasons to be thankful. As we close this year reflecting on these things, let us keep on looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). Let us keep standing our ground, listening out for and obeying His instructions, using our God given authority wherever God has positioned us. His will shall ultimately be done in our lives and on the earth.

Have a Merry Christmas and a glorious New Year 2021 ahead. Shalom.

Olaolu Oyeyemi

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Jesus saves the day

Whatever the situation you find yourself going through, possibly something similar to what the new couple in John 2:1-10 was experiencing, they were running short of wine for their guests. Maybe you are running short of one thing or the other at the moment; provision, resources, morale whatever it is, I want you to know that the story does not end there.

Fortunately for the couple they had invited Jesus’s mother, Jesus and the disciples to the party. What a blessing to have Jesus on board with you when the wind of life is blowing against you! It makes all the difference to have Jesus on your side. Jesus’s mother called Jesus into the situation and instructed the servants, ‘whatever he tells you to do, do it’. She stood in as the needed intercessor and counsellor at this moment. We need such in our lives.

After all said and done, Jesus turned water into wine for the occasion to go on and prevented the couple from experiencing any shame or embarrassment. Child of God, Jesus is on your side and you can trust Him to deliver you from shame and embarrassment. I love the way the story ended, the Master of ceremony, having tasted the new wine called the bridegroom and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

That is the conclusion, it always gets better with Jesus. The path of the just shines brighter and brighter till the full light of day.  

Be encouraged and stay strong.

Laolu Oyeyemi