"ALL OUR GOAL
SETTING IS IN
VAIN IF WE DON'T
BEGIN THE YEAR
WITH THIS
RESOLUTION"
Become a more serious student
Stop drinking
Read my bible more diligently
Start saving towards the future
There is nothing wrong with making these
common New Year’s resolutions. Of course, all of us
make resolutions that we fail to keep.
But the truth is all our resolving and goal setting is
in vain if we don’t begin with this most important
goal/ Resolution:
DEVELOP A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD:
If you are not a Christian, you might be tempted to
leave the page now but just hold.
What if the bible is true ( which I believe it is) and
God is the only one who knows the future? Will you
rather walk through 2018 groping through the dark
or you will prefer to be led by the one person who
knows what the year holds? Will you prefer to
spend the year failing over and over, making
resolutions you cannot keep and making one bad
choice after the other or you will rather spend it
getting to know the one who created you, who
loves you and who can guide you on the best
pathway for your life?
Psalm 32: 8: ‘The LORD says, “I will guide you along
the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and
watch over you.’
A SURE ANCHOR FOR YOUR LIFE:
I don’t know what 2018 holds or what challenges
may arise in my life but you know what, I spent
New year’s eve in thanksgiving and worship
because I am so confident in the God who is
going to lead me in 2018.
People may leave me in 2018, governments may
fail, some of my plans may go awry and many
other things may happen but I know for sure that
God will still be God, He will still be my God, He
will still guide me on the best pathway for my life
and open the right doors for me.
He will protect me and keep me from evil and
even if the worst should happen and my life
should end in 2018, I know exactly where I am
going- to the heavenly home of my heavenly
father.
So looking forward to the great unknown of a
New year, what is your anchor and where is your
confidence. It cannot be in yourself and in your
plans because those are as unstable as they
come. It cannot be in friends and family who are
equally mortal.
Let your hope be in God, who alone is immortal,
unchanging and always Good.
Start 2018 with this one
resolution, to know God
and to know Him
intimately.
pg. 6; Inspirer Inspirer