I gladly welcome you to the new year 2025, which is the God’s Year for our Divine Zeal for the Kingdom’s Assignments (Romans 12: 11). Surely, this is the year to be more passionate for the values and purposes of the kingdom of God above everything else by His grace. This first month of January is the Month of Divine Access, and we will not miss all the abundance of God by living on just crackers and cheese.

Please read this wonderful story:

Have you ever had cheese and crackers for snacks? Or maybe you took some on a picnic. How about if that’s all you ate for one day? Three days? What if you had to go two weeks with nothing to eat but cheese and crackers? There is an old story about a man in Europe who wanted to travel to the United States. In those days, the only way to get here was by ocean liner. He worked hard, saved up his money and finally put together enough money to buy a one-way ticket. Then he bought a suitcase and filled it with cheese and crackers. That would be his food for the three-week journey. It was all he could afford. The ship set to sail. Mealtime came. All the other passengers went into the large dining hall to eat their meal. The man went to his suitcase and took out some cheese and crackers. While he could smell the delicious aromas coming from the meal being served, he went to a corner and ate his cheese and crackers. After the meal, he heard some of the passengers talk about how full they were. The poor man really wanted to join the others in the dining hall, but he had no extra money. Sometimes he would lie awake at night, dreaming of food. Toward the end of the trip, another man came up to him and said, “Sir, I can’t help but notice that each time a meal is served, you go over to that corner and eat cheese and crackers. Why don’t you come into the banquet hall and eat with us?” The traveler was embarrassed, but finally stammered out, “Well, to tell you the truth, I only had enough money to buy the ticket. There was no money left over for the meals.” The other passenger raised his eyebrows in surprise. He said, “Why…. don’t you realize the meals are included in the price of the ticket? Your meals have already been paid for.”

As a Christian, are you living on cheese and crackers, when the delicious banquet meal has already been paid for? It was part of the ticket purchased by Christ on the cross. I pray that we will all maximize all the divine benefits of the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ in the mighty name of Jesus Christ (Amen)