There
are a thousand Scriptures that I would like to use this morning but these stuck
out in bold print: "Lord, You have been our dwelling
place in all generations. Before the mountains were born or You gave
birth to the earth and the world. Even from everlasting to everlasting,
You are God. You turn man back into dust and say, "Return, O
children of men." For a thousand years in Your sight are like
yesterday when it passes by, or as a watch in the night" (Psalm
90:1-4).
James
wrote these words to help keep our head screwed on right: "Come
now, you who say, ‘today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and
spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.’ Yet you do
not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that
appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to
sway, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.’" (James
4:13-15.)
Hey
Gang, Another New Year has been placed in the archives of
history. I sense that most folks would place the events of
the past year in the "up and down" column, perhaps leaning
towards the down side. If my heart and soul were not anchored on the King
of kings and Lord of lords, I believe I would be a frazzled mess. But I
know that even before time began, God laid out a plan for this earth and for
every person on this earth, an irrevocable plan and He has not neglected that
plan or forsaken those who are locked into His word.
But it
is a good time, as we stand between two years (the past and the coming), to do
some deep soul searching of our lives. Look back and remember some of the
events of the year, its high points and its low points, the delights and
disappointments. Some that stick out in
our memories: Three new great grand babies, the marriage of a loved one,
the opportunity to pray for a brother or sister, the loss of a brother and
a son, and seeing God pour out His healing power on a loved one- all are
experiences etched in our mind and heart forever.
Looking
ahead, we have new hopes for the New Year. We wait with anticipation,
high hopes and new dreams. True, everything that can be shaken is being shaken-
but we know that God is still at the helm. God is God and we are
not. It is a time when we need to be firmly entrenched in the fact that
God is in control and we are not.
I have
often said that in my home I control all the important things, like should we
enter the war, who the next president should be or whether the taxes should be
increased: the bride-of-my-youth controls all the mundane things like how to
raise the kids, control of the household budget, where we should live and a
multitude of other mundane decisions. Do we not get the idea that we are
in control of the important things of life, when in reality it is God's who
controls death and life, day and night, seasons and times.
Charles
Swindoll wrote the following: "As we move forward into a New Year,
we would do well to remember these four "greats":
*We
have a Great God! Our God has within Him power to accomplish all
things He desires to do.
*God
is able to make this a great year! We may be looking at this coming
year with fear and trepidation but keep in mind God can make this year a great
year for serving Him
.
*Don't be afraid to ask GREAT things
of Him. This is where the shoes hit the pavement. If we believe
that God can do great things, why don't we ask Him for them?
*The Lord delights in giving His children GREAT gifts.
God loves to give - it's in His nature.
Soooo
my friends and neighbors, brothers and sisters in Christ, do you believe that
God can do great things? What great things have you asked Him for
recently?
We
wish for each of you that you will have a deeper hunger to know and walk closer
to the Lord in this New Year and submit yourselves to be used by the Lord to
spread the Good News that Jesus Christ is Lord and Coming Soon!
God’s
blessings in the New Year – Psalms 90:17
Gramps
and Gma
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