It’s 2012, and God says, “Test me.”

“I am the Lord, I do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your forefathers, you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty.

We ask, “How do we return? Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.”

But you ask, ‘How do we rob you?”

“In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse – the whole nation of you – because you are robbing me. Bring the tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house, test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines of your fields will not cast their fruits,” says Lord Almighty, “then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty. (Words to Malachi and to us.)

America, wake up! Our Bible has and is the answer. This is a new year and the biblical number 12 means grace and government. God came to give us joy and enjoyment. God came to give light to a tired dark world. Yes, a day of destruction has come and is coming … but to you who are the repentant remnant, who revere his name, “the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things,” says the Lord Almighty.

“Remember the decrees and laws I give you. They are all in the Bible and the government is not to be feared for it is on my shoulders. I will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.” Go and tell in 2012 the news is good for all who believe, repent and live out Luke 4:18,19.

Let the spirit of the Lord change you. 2012 is the time for new beginnings. Praise his holy name.

Glynn 
Dickens Glover

Rocky Mount