The Only Resolution You Need for the New Year
When you place the pressure on yourself to get things done, it can bring you under the Law.
“I will not....”, “I must do this”, etc.
New Year resolutions don’t help. Willpower and self-discipline can produce temporary results, but the works of the flesh aren’t lasting and often come with undesirable tradeoffs.
Are you willing to double your income and damage your health in the process just to fulfill a new year resolution by your own strength?
You’ll end up paying the money you’ve earned to the hospital!
Are you trying to lose weight by extreme dieting? You’re depriving your body of important nutrients it needs, and not to mention that terrible rebound when you stop dieting. It’s not a long term solution.
What we need is to repeatedly refocus our spiritual eyes back to Jesus whenever we are tempted to look away from Him.
The prefix “re-“ can have the meaning of “once more; afresh; anew”.
Jesus is the New Year re-Solution we need. Have a problem? Go to Jesus once more. Need wisdom? Receive from Jesus afresh. Feeling fearful or worried about something? Meditate on Jesus’ love anew.
I was just reading one of my favorite psalms 139 and allowing it to fill me with a sense of God’s love, and I was particular drawn to this passage:
“If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”; even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.” (Psalms 139:11-12 WEB)
Our eyes need light to see. Even with perfect eyesight, we can’t see in total darkness.
It’s okay, because to Jesus, the darkness is still as clear as light. Nothing is hidden from His sight, so rely on Him to give you wisdom.
Jesus is most willing to share what He sees with you.
The year 2020 ahead may seem like pitch blackness because you can’t see the future, but Jesus knows what is ahead.
Ask Him to remove the pitfalls, give you wisdom to face the challenges and to give you favor in every situation.
As you follow His leading through His Spirit inside you, He will guide you by the hand to navigate through the darkness, into a good place!
The one with perfect 20/20 vision in 2020 is Jesus! Follow Him and you will see clearly through Him.
“You crown the year with Your bounty, And Your paths overflow.” (Psalms 65:11 AMP)
You may not be able to see where He’s leading you, but as you walk in Jesus’ paths by faith, you will find them overflowing with His bounty (abundant blessings)!
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