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A year for Jacob generation ­— New Year message

By Henry Ndukuba
16 January 2022   |   2:42 am
As we journey through this year, may the allure of the world never distract us. May the enemy not steal from us the good things God has given to us.

Ndukuba

As we journey through this year, may the allure of the world never distract us. May the enemy not steal from us the good things God has given to us.

2022 is a great year for the generation of Jacob, of those whose hearts and minds are set upon the Lord and I pray that it shall be a great year unto you and your family in the name of Jesus Christ. As we look at Genesis Chapter 28, we can see that there is an encounter that Jacob had with God. Jacob was known to be the son of Isaac and he has inherited faith from his father. But he took this encounter in order to position him to belong to God and to have a claim. Jacob left Beersheba to journey to Padanaram. As he left home, he found himself in the midst of the bush — no person to turn to and nowhere to go and he laid down in the bush to sleep. It is within this uncertainty that he encountered God. Don’t be afraid of what may come your way in the year 2022. As you place your heart and faith in God within the uncertainties that may come your way; you shall see God beyond whatever may come.

It was a revelatory encounter. Jacob had been bequeathed with faith in the God of Abraham and Isaac his fathers. But he needed the spirit to experience this God and to have a personal faith. I am believing God that even though you have a personal faith, this year you will grow closer, you will walk closer with God, you will come to know him better, you will also hold on to God. God will manifest Himself unto you and your family.

And if you have not known Him, this is the time to draw closer, look up to him, and amid the thick of darkness, God will appear to you and stand by you.

This year shall be a year of an encounter that will bring us to a covenant relationship and pledge with God. God said to Jacob and He is also saying to us: “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

As we journey into the year 2022, we can also see that God not only made a promise to Jacob, but Jacob also responded to the promise of God and he said: “If you will be with me and keep me in this journey that I am going and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone shall be God’s house, and all that I have, I will give a tenth unto you.”

As God has brought us into this year, I trust that He will so draw us unto Himself, that we will be open and willing to respond as He reveals Himself to us. May it be that we will surrender totally unto Him in faith and in commitment. I am assuring you as a son and daughter of the living God in this covenant with God, the Lord will go with you. His presence will surround you; His hand will uphold you and it shall be well with you in the name of Jesus Christ.

It shall be an encounter that will bring us God’s assurance and his presence and companionship in this life’s narrow way. I pray that as we journey into the year 2022, the Lord will go with us as individuals, as families, as a church, as a nation and his hand will surround us and uphold us.

But more so, let this year bring us to the place where God has destined for us. I pray that as we enter into this New Year that the glory of the Lord will cover us and our hand will be stretched out to be in the hand of God and we will follow the living God. Do not be distracted or be discouraged by anything around you whether good or bad.

As 2022 progresses, it will bring forth its challenges, goodies, beauties and wonderful things. But the quality of what you live for will be measured by the eternal value that awaits you at the end of your journey. In whatever way you go, may it be that you will consider the eternal purpose of God in your life? Hebrews 11:13-16 speaks of the heavenly hope of the patriarchs of our faith who confessed that there were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. But now they desire a better and, indeed, a heavenly country. The scripture says, therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God for He has prepared a city for them.

I pray that we will journey in hope with assurance in the living God. He who has brought us thus far is able to take us to the end and He will bless us. God shall bring you to the fulfilled destination and the sure future that He has prepared for you and your family and as He did unto Jacob, He shall do for you.

Jacob arrived in Laban’s house and the future that God prepared for him opened up. God will bring us to His expected end as He said in Jeremiah 29:11: “I know the plan I have for you, it is of good and or not of evil, it is to bring you to an expected end to give you a hope and a future. I am praying that that future and assured hope will be opened unto us this year. I pray that God will be our guide and our guard. He will be there with us and He will take us to our destinies and destinations and that which He has a purpose to do in our lives in this year 2022, will not be aborted.

The journey with God demands that we live in faith and totally submit and surrender to Him. We are to walk with Him uncompromisingly, that is in obedience to His words. The situation will be challenging, but the faithfulness of God will keep us.

This year will bring you the goodness and mercy of God. God’s protection will be over you. He will surround you on all sides and His hand will uphold you to the end. May God bless you, as you have an encounter with Him this New Year. I, however, advise you believe, trust, obey and follow him. It shall be well with you.

Happy New Year 2022. God bless you.

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