March 27, 2019
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today is from the book of Jeremiah 30:6, “It says, Ask now, and see, Whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, Like a woman in labor, And all faces turned pale. Alas for that day is great, So that none is like it. And it is the time of Jacobs’s trouble, But he shall be saved out of it.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that the delivery pain of a woman is momentary, whereas men suffer a lifetime struggle to manage their family. Jeremiah points out, that men go through greater pain than the labor pain of a woman. And his face grows very pale, because of the misery and tribulation he goes through, due to the burden of his family.
In case you are going through a period of tribulation I like to remind you the words of Jeremiah who speaks, about Jacob saying that Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet. And no one shall make him afraid.
It was a time when Jacob had to go through a tough period of time. But Prophet Jeremiah assures that Jacob shall be saved out of it. Because God will break his yoke from his neck and burst his bonds and strangers shall no longer subdue or oppress him any further. Just as the labor pain of a woman is very sharp and when the pain is over it is quickly forgotten. So will the time of tribulation be which will last for a short time and the joy and happy times will follow as soon as the pain has been forgotten.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, In case you are going through a period of tribulation then do remember that the short duration of affliction will pass away and good and happy moments will dawn in your life. God will put an end to all your crisis and then you will experience a time of rest. And no one shall make you afraid. All the struggles in your life regarding your debts, loss in business or shame due to family dispute, will all come to an end. No enemies will trouble you any longer. Only God will put an end to all your crisis, Therefore surrender your life like Jacob who said, to God, “ Lord I will not let You go unless You bless me.”Then you will experience a life of blessing. You might have started your life with just a staff in your hand but the Lord will enrich you with two companies of blessings. Your beginning was small, yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. We thank You, Lord, for providing rest after we have endured a period of tribulation and trials. Master, we thank You for granting us blessings and helping us to come out of all our crises. May we realize Your greatness and hold on to You as Jacob. Cause us to see better days, according to the days, wherein we have been afflicted. In Jesus name, we pray.
Amen.
