As we close out 2020 and begin the 2021 New Year, it’s the time we begin to make all of our plans and set all of our goals for the upcoming year. This is also a time to tie up whatever loose ends we have. It’s always good to go into the new year with confidence, grace, and healed hearts.
One of the most difficult things about changing seasons is leaving the past behind us and moving forward to what lies ahead of us next. Philippians 3:13 (ESV) says. “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.”
This can be hard to do, especially if we’ve had a hard year and are struggling to feel positive about what might be next. And yet, even when things have been just as we like it, we can be uncertain of the coming season of life. A common question that comes to mind is, “Will the new year threaten the peace and happiness we’ve come to enjoy?” Looking forward to the future means looking into the unknown.
Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” So, instead of allowing anxiety to set in, remember that through Christ, all things are possible. That means that no matter what 2020 held for us, Christ is able to walk alongside us to help move our lives forward for whatever is in store for us next.
This doesn’t mean that we should push our feelings and thoughts aside in an attempt to hurry and get over them for the sake of a new year. We should be willing to let allow Christ to reign and rule over our lives. We can do this by submitting to his authority and His plan for us, and trusting in Him to help us in whatever way we need it.
This is a good time for us to think through our life in 2020. We can take note of the condition of our heart right now, and why it’s in the current shape that it’s in (good or bad). Then, ask God to make His survey of us. When we open our heart wide for Him, laying the year 2020 at His feet, we can walk with Him, to the place that He has for us in 2021.
Have A Happy New Year,
Pastor Chuck
One of the most difficult things about changing seasons is leaving the past behind us and moving forward to what lies ahead of us next. Philippians 3:13 (ESV) says. “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.”
This can be hard to do, especially if we’ve had a hard year and are struggling to feel positive about what might be next. And yet, even when things have been just as we like it, we can be uncertain of the coming season of life. A common question that comes to mind is, “Will the new year threaten the peace and happiness we’ve come to enjoy?” Looking forward to the future means looking into the unknown.
Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” So, instead of allowing anxiety to set in, remember that through Christ, all things are possible. That means that no matter what 2020 held for us, Christ is able to walk alongside us to help move our lives forward for whatever is in store for us next.
This doesn’t mean that we should push our feelings and thoughts aside in an attempt to hurry and get over them for the sake of a new year. We should be willing to let allow Christ to reign and rule over our lives. We can do this by submitting to his authority and His plan for us, and trusting in Him to help us in whatever way we need it.
This is a good time for us to think through our life in 2020. We can take note of the condition of our heart right now, and why it’s in the current shape that it’s in (good or bad). Then, ask God to make His survey of us. When we open our heart wide for Him, laying the year 2020 at His feet, we can walk with Him, to the place that He has for us in 2021.
Have A Happy New Year,
Pastor Chuck
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