The beginning of a brand new 12 months all the time guarantees new beginnings. New methods of doing issues. New habits. New this, new that.
I feel it’s wholesome for us as people to have these moments – occasions to sit down again and assume ahead. The place are we stepping into life? What will we wish to be doing? What will we wish to change? The place may we alter? All of those questions are wholesome and assist propel us to develop into higher reflections of who God is, on this sanctifying course of.
On the flip of the 12 months, many typically begin a brand new Bible studying plan, devotional, or research. Me too! I feel that’s what we should always all the time be striving for. However right here’s the factor. Are we merely going by the motions as Christians in doing devotions, performing as if it’s our responsibility? Or are our hearts craving Him? Wanting increasingly more of Him?
Over the previous couple of years, that is the place I’ve been challenged. It’s straightforward to test one thing off the listing, however is what I’m studying, actually altering my life? If it’s not, then I would like to take a look at what I’m studying and the way I’m studying it.
If we wish our lives to vary, we are able to’t simply merely hear and browse. We have to DO. If all we’re doing is checking off a field, then the message is falling on deaf ears – as if we didn’t hear it in any respect. If I declare to be doing my devotions and nobody sees a distinction in my life, that’s sort of a combined message, isn’t it? Now don’t get me mistaken, all of us develop in several methods, at totally different occasions, by totally different circumstances. One can find fault in me. MANY faults.
But when we declare to be Christians, diligently doing our devotions and permitting His Phrase to penetrate deep into our hearts, then our lives and habits will likely be totally different. It’s a GUARANTEE as a result of that’s what God’s Phrase does. It adjustments you. It adjustments me.
So this 12 months, I encourage you to not merely undergo the motions, however let the Phrase of God infiltrate each a part of your life, in order that others may even see the great thing about a life lived in and with Christ.
When you have a suggestion for a devotional, research, or plan, let me know! I’d like to create a listing for everybody!
