December 21, 2018
My dear Brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given you for today is from the book of James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” The scripture says, that all those who looked at Gods face became radiant. In the same manner those who are struggling in the darkness are brought to light. Privately given gifts pacify wrath and payments made secretly appease great anger. So gifts play an important role in the life of a person. But one must remember that every gift and perfect gift comes from the Father of lights.
My dear Brothers and Sisters, you are blessed every day with certain benefits, but you may not have realized that they have been given to you by God. The Bible says, God daily loads us with benefits,even the God of our salvation. God blesses his children with several gifts. Almost every day we experience the blessings of God in one way or the other. God has blessed you with a good family, good job, children, wealth, business, property; you may be holding a good status in the society, all these are gifts that God has blessed you with. Every such gift is from above and is not from a man’s self or from below but from heaven and from God. who dwells, there and comes down from the father of lights, with whom there is no partiality.
The word gift denotes the act of giving. The emphasis is on the giver. God is the author of each and every good gift. God gives us wonderful gifts such as the gifts of righteousness, Remission of sins and eternal life.
God is the Father and author of lights. The sun, the moon and stars, all natural lights are considered both as spiritual, and eternal light, the light of glory made perfect. With God, who is light himself, and in him there is no darkness, there is no change or anything like it. He is changeable in his nature, perfections, purposes, promises and gifts; wherefore he being holy cannot turn to that which is evil. He is the fountain of lights. And since every good gift and perfect gift comes from him, evil cannot proceed from him. Therefore I pray that God bestow his richest blessing upon you. May He open the windows of heaven and fill your barns with plenty and may your vats overflow, with new wine.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord thank you for loading us with benefits daily in our life. Lord thank you for opening our eyes to see how good you are and realize that every good and perfect gift is only from You. May we enjoy the good gifts that you have granted to us carefully in our day to day life. May we acknowledge your goodness and kindness to us. In Jesus Name we pray.
Amen.
