Every year as the clock strikes midnight on December 31, people around the world cheer and welcome a new year. Lists are written, goals are made, resolutions are shared.
Something in us just loves a fresh start.
There is much to commend in setting goals and making resolutions. To search oneself and desire to change for the better is a worthwhile undertaking indeed! Yet as we dive headlong into this new year you might ask yourself… Am I seeking to change myself, or am I seeking the One Who can truly change me?
Our God is a God of new beginnings!
Remember not the former things,
nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:18-19
This month the Do Not Depart team will be exploring God’s Word for the new beginnings God offers us in Jesus Christ. This is a fresh start that is for eternity!
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Have you already experienced new life in Christ? Are you seeking Him this year for renewal in a specific area of your life? Please let us know in the comments how we can be praying for you!
“Am I seeking to change myself, or am I seeking the One Who can truly change me?” Yes! Such an important distinction. May God grant us the wisdom to abandon futile self-help and abandon ourselves to His renewal.
So important to remember that it is not by might, nor power, but by His Spirit
(Zechariah 4:6)! Only in Him can we truly be changed from the inside out!
Boy have I been guilty of trying to help God change me instead of allowing Him to change me! That means I wasn’t seeking Him…..I wasn’t’t opening up where He wanted to change me! Thank you Lord for Your Word!
I think in the past I have tried to change myself instead of seeking the One Who can truly change me. This year I have changed direction…this year I want to spend seeking Jesus…the One Who can truly change me.
So inspiring to read our Go is a God of new beginnings! Thank you.