This Could Be Your Year!

First let me wish a Happy 2009 to all of my brothers and sisters in Christ! May this coming year continue to reveal in you the wonderful Grace of our Almighty God ... Bless you all!

To those who have not yet decided to accept Christ’s freely given invitation to everlasting life … THIS COULD BE YOUR YEAR! We will pray that it is a new beginning for you.

To those who will be making new year’s resolutions. Bless you … and more power to you if you mean to keep them. However, in most cases these resolutions … made in the fit of starting over … dissolve into failure as time passes.

Would you like to make one resolution that cannot fail! Resolve to FOLLOW GOD WHOLEHEARTEDLY!

If you resolve to quit smoking, that cigarette will not help you quit. If you resolve to lose weight that extra helping of dessert is not going to help. If you resolve to love that grouchy neighbor you certainly wont get any help from him.

But, if you resolve to follow God wholeheartedly … God is going to step in and help with that resolution. And you know what, my friends? He is also going to help with the smoking, the dieting and with loving your neighbor!

What does it mean to follow God wholeheartedly? Be committed even though you might be a minority in your office, in your school or even in your own home. Be willing to accept the sovereign choices of God even though they might not be your choices. Be ready and willing to act upon God’s promises given through His Word. Be willing to go out and tackle the world for God … you don’t have to go to Africa or Europe … just across the street. And, be willing to stick to it for life … being a wholehearted follower of God is not a sprint but a marathon.

David … “a man after God’s own heart” said it best in Psalm 37 when he sang,

“Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture, Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.”

David FOLLOWED THE LORD WHOLEHEARTEDLY and so could you. Make that resolution … this could be your year!

Larry Abele – Editorial Team