Happy New Year
It has become an almost universal custom that denominational auditoriums overflow with people who assemble for the watch-night services a few hours before the New Year. The reasons for which people congregate on the New Year‟s Eve differ from one person to another. To some, there is no better place to the end the previous year and begin the new year than in the presence of God, to others, it is a mere festal culture and to many more, it is a period during which resolutions are to be made.
It is highly remarkable that many who have never been to any church building are equally present during such periods and for various reasons too. One person‟s particular denomination is too far and he wouldn‟t want to risk traveling at night, another person comes around because prophecies for the year will be released by anointed men of God, and the majority are available only to be able to shout the customary Happy New Year alongside the multitudes populating the church buildings.
But we pause to inquire, what is a person meaning when he jubilantly announces Happy New Year? It is obvious that the majority, if not every one, are simply expressing gratitude to God for allowing them to see the dawn of a new year in spite of the many perils that daily confronts men especially in a nations like ours.
