For me, a new year has always been another year and nothing else. I've stopped making resolutions because they turned out to be the same every year. There's never gonna be a perfect year.
However, I have begun to see the coming of this year in a different light. I guess when you are in Christ and doing His work, you cannot help but be full of hope and excitement for the future. No doubt, there will be bits of fear but it will only serve to humble us and cause us to rely on God more & more. Well, certainly things may not be how you want it to be but every moment of your life is perfectly planned for you by God.
You may see the future as difficult, full of uncertainty but know that God is with you and for you. My life with God in the beginning had not been smooth-sailing but Sunday's sermon gave me insight about the hard times I had struggling to know Him. I believe that God gave us every trial for a purpose. And for me, I realised that that initial struggle bore in me that deep desire to walk with Him all the days of my life. And it is also this struggle that gave me the deep desire to do His will for such a time like this.
Upon receiving this revelation, I asked myself, "Would I trade places with someone else?" My answer is no. When you are in a difficult situation, you will lament. But after you have been through the refiner's fire, you will emerge stronger than before. For this new year, give thanks for 2010 and ask God to make you specific resolution for 2011! One of my goal for 2011 is to see 2 friends come to know the Lord.
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