Resolutions
PSALM 23:6
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Many of us make New Year’s resolutions, and most of us break them. They may include being a better person, eating healthier, working out at the gym, memorizing Scripture, or watching fewer football games. A resolution is simply a firm decision to do something. It’s a decree or promise. Every January, our resolutions resound with determination and the hope of new beginnings. By May, their nagging presence reminds us that we didn’t quite reach our goals. By December, most of us have forgotten what we had resolved to do.
Regardless of whether you join with the millions in making New Year’s resolutions, I want to remind you that there is One who has kept every resolution He has ever made. He keeps His promises. He keeps His Word. And even if we are not able to stick it out in the gym, stay away from the chocolate, or bite our tongue rather than beat others with it, He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all we could ever imagine. And He has resolved that your life is going to be a great life as you live out your purpose. It is a life filled with “a future and a hope.” The surest way to live out your destiny is to fix your eyes on the unchanging faithfulness of the One who has promised that goodness and lovingkindness will follow you when you follow Him.
My God, guide me that I may walk in the steps You have for me. I know that in following You I will experience the goodness and lovingkindness You have in store for me as I live out my perfect destiny. Lessons in the Dark So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. ISAIAH 55:11 Your life may hold some surprises, but I know who holds your life. And He says that you are to be of good cheer, because He has already overcome all of them. If He has overcome them, then you have overcome them too as His child and as His heir. I understand how easily we can get caught up in the circumstances of life.
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