Reflection:
Everybody enjoys a day of deliverance. If we are living with a challenge that requires a breakthrough and then that day comes, it is a time for great joy. Or if we are living with non-resolution in a relationship and then healing comes through conversation and forgiveness, it is a beautiful day.
In today’s verse the Apostle Paul writes, “I tell you, now is the time of God’s favour, now is the day of salvation.” As we approach the celebration of the birth of Jesus it is good for us to realise afresh that Jesus ushered in a new day of the favour of God. Through his life and teaching and through his death and resurrection, Jesus opened the door for each of us to be right with God; he opened the door of God’s favour into our lives. Let us today declare, “Now is the time of God’s favour.”
Prayer:
God in heaven, thank you for Jesus. Today, I celebrate his coming to earth to teach us about who you are and to show us what you are like. Thank you that he gave his life on the cross so that I can experience your forgiveness and enter into your favour.