THE MORNING WILL ALWAYS COME
THE BIGGER THE STORM, THE BIGGER THE PEACE; THE BIGGER THE SORROW, THE BIGGER THE JOY
GOD COUNTS YOUR EXISTENCE IN DAYS NOT IN YEARS.
Pastor E.A. Adeboye on “A New Beginning” at The Americas 25th Annual Convention
Lamentations 3:22-23
I want to rejoice with everyone of you particularly in the Americas for this very unique Convention. I believe that this is truly a convention of a new beginning. God Himself will do something new in your lives.
How true is that passage in the lives of many of us who will be part of this programme? That we are still alive to day is due to the mercies of the Lord considering the ravages of the pandemic that have been sweeping particularly through this section of the world. Thank God that inspite of everything the devil might have tried, we are still here.
Now, we are talking about a new beginning. And you probably wonder why I chose that particular passage as good text for a new beginning. You see, every day is symbolic for a new beginning. As far as God is concerned, the basic measurement of time is the day. When you are talking about how old you are, God is not counting years, He is talking about how many days you have spent. ChurchGist. Genesis 5:4-5. The Bible counted Adam’s years as days. Also Genesis 26:1. The Bible talks about a famine in the land besides the famine that was in the days of Abraham. God is always talking about days. Psalm 90:12 says teach us to number our days…Every day is a new beginning. That passage says His mercies are new every morning.
It is important to note that God’s day begins in the evening. Genesis 1:5 says and the evening and the morning, the first day. This is probably because darkness was there before light. Genesis 1:1-3. When God created the heavens and the earth, darkness was everywhere before light. ChurchGist. The implications are many and one of them is found in Psalm 30:5. Joy always comes in the morning. The day may start with sorrow but it will end in joy. If you read Luke 7:11-15. You will discover that the greater the sorrow, the greater the joy will be. This was recorded in the story of the window who lost her son and Jesus brought him back to life. Her sorrow was great but the joy was greater. The same testimony was recorded about Lazarus. I pray that the bigger your sorrow, the bigger your joy will be.
The bigger the storm, the bigger the peace. Mark 4:35-41. Great calm followed great storm. God’s day starts in the evening and a new beginning will be in the morning. I pray for you, you will have a new beginning of joy, victory and peace.
It is interesting to note that between any two days, there must be a night. As a child of God, you have to appreciate this fact. All you need to do is to take the story of David after he had killed Goliath and cut off his head. It was not long after that he was running for his life. The same David hat was being hailed a hero was hiding in a cave. But after that night, another day came when he was anointed King over Judah and then King over the whole of Israel. So in between one day and the other, there must be a night. ChurchGist. So if you are passing through a night season now, congratulations, day is nearby. Suppose I am passing through a day, you might be asking to know if a night season is coming. But let me tell you, a day can last for a very long time. 1 Kings 3:14. The Bible says if you walk in my commandments, I will lengthen your days. A day can be long or short. It all depends on the user.
Psalm 34:12-14. The Bible states clearly what you must do if you want your day to be long.
- Control your tongue.
- Depart from evil.
- Do good.
- Seek peace.
- Pursue peace
This means your day can be very long as long as you do this five things. Psalm 90:14 says it is possible for you to rejoice and be glad all your days. For you, today can be a new beginning in your life. A new beginning of you have backslidden and you want to come back to the lover of your soul. Luke 15:11-24. The Bible tells us about a son that wandered away from home. ChurchGist. He moved from day to night. He was enjoying himself when he left home. But it was not long when night came and he had to be feeding pigs. Suddenly, in his midnight, he returned home and another day began for him. If you are not saved, today can be a new beginning for you. 2 Corinthians 5:17. You can have a brand new beginning.
Is it possible that you can be in a day and God can give you even a new beginning of days. Is is possible for God to move you from a good day to a better day. Oh yes, it is possible the Almighty God knows what to do. Genesis 30:22-24. God remembered a woman who had been in the night of barrenness and she had a child called Joseph. But that woman said something the day he was born. ChurchGist. She said God will give me yet another one and she had another son called Benjamin. How great was Benjamin? He was the one who produced the first King of Israel. You can have a greater day if you are already in a day.
Then don’t forget, there is a place where there is never a night. How wonderful would it be when we get to heaven..That is where our joy will last forever. When you get to heaven, there will be no night there. The joy over there is forever. It never ends. I am appealing to everyone of us that you should recommit yourself to the pursuit of that goal that will take you to heaven at last. Today can mark a new beginning of commitment to the One who will take is to that place of endless days.
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