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17th NOVEMBER 2021

For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” – Psalm 84:11

 

A few weeks ago, I was led by the Spirit to one of my outer balconies, adjourning my bedroom. I cannot remember what time it was, but it appears to be about a few minutes past 6.00 pm. Looking at the sky, I saw the sun setting on its horizon, losing its brightness, and collapsing into the clouds beneath. It was my first time seeing a setting sun. As I stood watching the red crescent gradually sinking into the bowel of the sky at the Western horizon, I became astonished, for I could watch its gradual movement as it sank into the bowel of the sky. In a matter of minutes, it was completely gone! Immediately after that, darkness began to descend on mother nature, and the songs of the birds enveloped the airwaves. I stood confused, more than ever; I felt as if something in me left with the sunset! As I stood puzzled, the Spirit said to me, “it is all gone with the sunset, and a new beginning will come up tomorrow with the rising sun.”

Our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ say in Matthew 6:34,Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its trouble” This is a profound lesson coming from the Master himself. Each day has its problems.  Therefore, it is wrong to take the problems of one day into another day. By so doing, you will rob yourself of the happiness of the new day! God has already taken care of your tomorrow.  

At sunset, when the sun goes down, all your troubles of the day go down with it; A new beginning, a new dawn is ushered into your life the next day, and every darkness is dispelled at sunrise! So, if today’s problems are gone with the sunset, and a new dawn breaks on the next day, why worry today about tomorrow?

A Sunset is a Promise of a New Beginning. In Genesis Chapter 1, the Lord God establishes an order for a new day, which begins with the darkness; A sunset (not a sunrise) (Ref: Genesis 1:1-5 ). An evening, therefore, is the biblical transition into a new day! Sunset is a visual image of a promise of a bright and light-filled new beginning full of hope and fulfilment.

Why then does it seem as if our problems are unending; day after day, we experience the same problems, at times, even worse than the previous day? The global view of God’s grace upon our lives is that whatever we lose on earth is loosed in heaven, and whatever we bind on earth is bound in heaven; hence the grace and the presence of God is with us always to strengthen us in all areas of our weaknesses ( Matthew 18:18; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10) What this means is that to align with God’s grace,  we must let go of old frustrations and disappointment on each passing day.  We must not let the sun go down on us while holding onto our misfortune. Any failure or negative disposition not left behind before sunset tends to become more potent on the new dawn. Perhaps, this is why Apostle Paul warned Christians; “Do not let the sun go down on your anger …” (Ephesians 4:26 ). A wave of anger not buried before sunset tends to become reinvigorated at the new dawn. This is why minor problems are escalated out of proportion in so many instances, thereby making a simple situation worse or complicated.

 One perfect reason a problem is seldom solved is that most people do not leave behind the day’s challenges before the sunset and focus instead on a miraculous turnaround at the break of a new dawn. We often dwell in the past by holding onto the passing day’s evil or shadows rather than looking forward to the happiness meant for us at the new dawn. It is time to let go of the things that do not serve our purpose and focus on a new beginning afforded us at the break of a new day!

PRAYER

Lord Jesus Christ, I leave behind all my troubles, and I face the beginning of a new day. Please grant me the grace to overcome. Lord, fill my heart with the joy of the realization that my tomorrow is assured, and my future is certain in you. AMEN

FURTHER READING:  Deuteronomy 24:15; Amos 5:8; Matthew 17:2


Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi
Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi
Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi was born in Nigeria to Patrick Abuda Obeakemhe and Juliana Fatimatu Obeakemhe, both from Ogbona Town. With a master’s degree in law, she was called to the bar at the age of twenty-two, and she is currently the principle partner of the law firm Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi & Associates. She is also the founder of two philanthropic organizations: the Living Waters Mission and the Rose Croix Foundation. In addition to law, Lawrence-Dokpesi was drawn to spiritual pursuits at an early age, having begun studying philosophy, theology, chaplaincy, and spirit therapy by the age of eighteen. Inspired by her spiritual calling, she has produced ten intensively researched manuscripts on spiritual matters. Although Understanding the Spiritual was the last to be written, it is the first to be published. Lawrence-Dokpesi is a mother and a wife living in the city of Abuja, Nigeria.

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