27/01/2020
*THE WORD SIROCCO*
Monday, January 27, 2020
*Month Theme:* The Jubilee
*Topic:* Help Your Relatives
*Scripture Reading:* Genesis 47:1-7; Isaiah 58:5-7; Leviticus 25:8-13
*Main Text:*
_Leviticus 25:10_
_10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family._
In the acceptable day of the LORD, the Israelites were commanded to refrain from refusing to give assistance to their own families. Every family has a good number of needy and deprived people. In the Jubilee day – God’s chosen fast – the people were to pay attention to their families. In the Jubilee season, we must give our families the emotional, physical and financial support they need. This is the Jubilee – let us support one another.
The apostle Paul instructed Timothy that believers who failed to support their own families had denied the faith and were worse than infidels (1 Timothy 5:7-8). Joseph demonstrated his love for his family by bringing them into Pharaoh’s presence and requesting him to permit them to settle in the land of Goshen. He could have refused to save his brothers because they had ill-treated him but he forgave them. There may be good reasons why we should not help our family members but in the Jubilee when God shows us mercy, we must return the same gesture to others.
Failure to forgive wrongdoing on the part of our family members is the reason we refuse to help them when they are in need. It was a sin during the Jubilee not to forgive people their debts or to refuse to release their properties. There are different types of debts including sin and physical indebtedness. In this period of Jubilee, believers are admonished to unconditionally forgive – in the spirit of the love of God – those who sin against them. Those who sin against God and others should accept forgiveness without continuing to keep themselves in bo***ge.
*Prayer:* Pray that through you, help will come to your family.
*Recommended Reading:*
"The Jubilee" by Eastwood Anaba
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