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Happy New Year

Saturday January 1, 2022

Happy New Year!  There is a line in a Christian music song which says, God has "opened up my future, closed my past."  This New Year's Day may generate that desire within us – a longing for a new beginning. 

One of the ways people seek to make the New Year better than the old one, is to make New Year's resolutions – commitments to personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit.  The only problem with looking to self-determined New Year's resolutions is that statistics tell us that after 9 days there is a 75% failure rate in keeping the resolutions.


If we think that's bad news, what do we do with the statistic that tells us that 100% of people fail to live according to God's righteous laws?  The result of that failure isn't just a few more pounds in weight on our bodies or a little more debt – it means death and eternal separation from God.

It's no wonder we love to celebrate Christmas -- the birth of Jesus Christ.  It is such a wonderful event because the Bible tells us: But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.  God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. (Galatians 4:4-5 NLT)
Before the beginning of time, God planned for each of us to live in a productive, loving, creative connectedness to Him.  He planned for us to have the opportunity to daily walk and talk with Him.  His desire was for us to know the peace and blessing that would flow from our relationship with Him.  However, humans rejected the ways of God and chose for their own ways.

Today is a good day to seek restoration with the God who created us, who alone can "open up our future and close our past."  If we accept Jesus’ death on the cross as payment for our sins, we are assured of God’s forgiveness and life forever with Him.  May this New Year’s Day 2022 be the beginning of a truly “Happy New Year” for each one of us.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank You for giving Your beloved son Jesus to be a sacrifice for my sin. I choose to surrender my will and life into Your care and trust that as I faithfully follow You, Your plans for my future will open up and this will be my best year yet. Amen

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