Resolutions? Goals? None of the Above?
How do you feel about New Year’s resolutions? Do you make goals instead? Or, do you have elaborate plans mapped out for the new year? Maybe, it’s none of the above. You want to continue on the same path, but doing so with a new zeal.
Regardless of your preference for starting a new year, here’s some advice from the Word.
First:
Put God first, before anything or anyone. Give Him the throne of your life. He will guide your path.
Jesus tells us to seek first the kingdom of God. (Matthew 6:33)
Psalm 32: 8 — “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.”
Forget the past:
It’s hard to walk forward when you are looking behind you!
Philippians 3:12-14 — “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
Forgive:
Unforgiveness is a weight on your soul. Forgive, and let God help you with your feelings.
Ephesians 4:32 — “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
Forge ahead:
Keep moving forward!
Hebrews 12:1-2 — “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us,and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Fear not:
It’s a scary time, but remember that God is greater than our fears!
1 Timothy 1:7 — “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
May God bless you in 2021 and make your way prosperous!
