Lent: Journey According To LukeSample

THAT IS TODAY

DEVOTION
In recent years of rapid development in technology and telecommunication, almost everyone owns a mobile phone. People can communicate with each other anytime, anywhere. However, back in the years when mobile phones were not so popular, people had to wait until they got home from school or work to use their phones. Waiting was inevitable. Likewise, the Israelites had to spend years of waiting to celebrate the Year of Jubilee, which only came once every fifty years! To those under oppression, poverty and
captivity, the Year of Jubilee which signified freedom and deliverance would bring them the hope of life. Jesus was exactly in this situation where people in society were oppressed and they were longing for change. Jesus proclaimed to the people at that time: the prophecy of Isaiah has come true! To every follower of Jesus, there is no longer the need to wait for decades to be free because the moment they are willing to accept Jesus and believe in him, the blessings of the Year of Jubilee will come upon them and their spirit will be freed from captivity!

The Year of Jubilee is no longer once in fifty years. It is anytime, anywhere, as long as you are willing!

FOR REFLECTION
• Is there anything that hinders you from receiving the blessings of the Year of Jubilee?
• How can you act out or reveal the blessings and fulfillment of the Year of Jubilee in your community or group?

PRAYER
Heavenly Father, thank you for establishing the Year of Jubilee. Thank you also for letting Jesus come to this world, to bring forth the blessings of the Year of Jubilee into people’s lives, anytime, anywhere. Give us a willing heart to receive the blessings of the Year of Jubilee promised by Jesus; and also give us strength to share these blessings among people around us. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.