METAMORA PATTER'S HAPPY NEW YEAR ARTICLE
ANOTHER NEW YEAR
BY PAT GULLEY
James 4:13-17
(13) Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
(14) Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
(15) For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. (KJV)
Another new year is upon us. And only the Lord knows what this year will bring. We cannot say we will do such and such by going into a certain city this year and setting up shop to buy and sell and get gain because we don't have a clue as to what awaits us there.
We do not even know if the loved ones we begin the New Year with will be with us at the end of the year. We don't know what opportunity will come knocking on our door, or what we will answer if it does. We are truly walking into a time and space where we have never walked before. That is why New Year's Day is always an exciting time for me. I love not knowing what joys await me or what new crisis may face us in the days ahead.
There are going to be trials and tribulations that await us sometime during the upcoming year. This we know because the Lord Jesus told us that in the world we would have lots of situations that would try and test us.
John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (KJV)
But as we face the year ahead, we can say that we will commit ourselves to the will and way of the Lord and agree to let Him have first place in our life. I know the common concept of most Christians is that the planning of our days is in our own hands. There is a saying that goes like this, "The Lord helps those who helps themselves." I do not know where that mantra came from but it is not in the Bible.
I believe the Lord loves being in our lives and that He takes great pleasure in teaching and training us to walk by faith and not by sight. He desires to be included in all of our family affairs and also likes being involved in our work and play. If we want to make a New Year's resolution, let us resolve to allow our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, to have his rightful place as Leader, Director, and Lord of our days and months ahead.
May the Blessings of God be yours in 2007.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
BY PAT GULLEY
James 4:13-17
(13) Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
(14) Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
(15) For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. (KJV)
Another new year is upon us. And only the Lord knows what this year will bring. We cannot say we will do such and such by going into a certain city this year and setting up shop to buy and sell and get gain because we don't have a clue as to what awaits us there.
We do not even know if the loved ones we begin the New Year with will be with us at the end of the year. We don't know what opportunity will come knocking on our door, or what we will answer if it does. We are truly walking into a time and space where we have never walked before. That is why New Year's Day is always an exciting time for me. I love not knowing what joys await me or what new crisis may face us in the days ahead.
There are going to be trials and tribulations that await us sometime during the upcoming year. This we know because the Lord Jesus told us that in the world we would have lots of situations that would try and test us.
John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (KJV)
But as we face the year ahead, we can say that we will commit ourselves to the will and way of the Lord and agree to let Him have first place in our life. I know the common concept of most Christians is that the planning of our days is in our own hands. There is a saying that goes like this, "The Lord helps those who helps themselves." I do not know where that mantra came from but it is not in the Bible.
I believe the Lord loves being in our lives and that He takes great pleasure in teaching and training us to walk by faith and not by sight. He desires to be included in all of our family affairs and also likes being involved in our work and play. If we want to make a New Year's resolution, let us resolve to allow our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, to have his rightful place as Leader, Director, and Lord of our days and months ahead.
May the Blessings of God be yours in 2007.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
posted by Metamora Patter at 1/03/2007 09:55:00 AM
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