01/07/2024
Well, welcome to 2024. What's going to be different this year? We've been at this point before, meaning every year we begin to think about what we haven't accomplished and most importantly what we will try to make happen in the new year. RESET.......if we haven't done what we set out to do and accomplish what we felt was important for us to feel like we reached personal goals, well.....RESET.
I'm sure many of us have started things in our lives (2023) that are still in the process and eventually will have an end date. Until then....RESET. For all those who read this, if you are seeking to move in what God has for you in your life it begins with our motivation. If you are sitting on the fence of deciding to begin a serious relationship with your walk with God it begins with.....RESET.
God has made promises to those He loves throughout His word to make us new (RESET) so that we will not be distracted in our walk with Him.
Long ago it was written, Ezekiel 36:26-27(NKJV)
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
God targets the place where we store the things of this life that matters to us, our hearts. He makes our hearts new and able to store His thoughts, instructions and works He has for us so that we can maneuver ourselves throughout our lives.
We also read in the book of Isaiah 43:18-19(NKJV),
18 “Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.
God says to His people not to define yourselves by getting stuck looking at your past but to look forward and see the new thing that He can do with us.
Again we read our Heavenly Father's instructions in Isaiah 30:21 (NKJV),
21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.
This new year does not have to follow in the same steps as last year. God helps in our times of trouble.
Finally, Paul wrote to the Corinthian church in 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV),
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
This new year, make the decision to RESET by letting the Spirit of God do what He does best, let Him create in you by transforming your heart, let Him guide your paths, and let Him make your life anew. That is a RESET we all can use this year.