Did one of these make your list? The top three new year’s resolutions this year are…1) Get Healthy
2) Save Money
3) Read more books
tying for 4th is floss and declutter.
Year after year, they’re the same.
Resolutions are as old as mankind. In fact, the oldest Psalm in the Bible was written by Moses and while flossing didn’t make his list, here’s what did:
“Teach us to number our days
that we might have a heart of wisdom.”
Wow. What if that was our resolution this year?
What if, in front of the diet plans or workouts, reading books or flossing, we made our resolution to ask God to give us wisdom in what we all already know…life is short. Days fly by.
In no time, we’ll see Valentine’s, then 4th of July, then Halloween décor up, and we’ll be back here in 365 days, remarking at how quickly it all went.
What if this was the year we had wise hearts? How do we do that? Ask God to teach us to number our days. Then…
Let today be the day that we pray that we would be the kind of people that Moses wrote about 5000 years ago when he said,
“Satisfy us in the morning
with God’s unfailing love.”
Each day, rather than being dissatisfied by our lives because we’re comparing them to what we see portrayed online or what we have projected in our minds we awoke satisfied by the most important thing: God’s unfailing love.
What if in 365 days we all could look back on this year and while we may be healthier or smarter or have shinier flossed teeth we will be the people who as Moses said, “have seen God at work…have seen his glory.”
So, while the new year just a few hours in…
Let’s remember that our days are like grass, but God’s purposes stand forever.
Let’s thank God for what he has done and pray God’s blessing on every hour ahead of us.
Let’s be the people this year who pray,
“Let the favor of the Lord my God be upon me, and establish the work of my hands”
We’ll surely look back over the next 12 months with no regrets only praise and contentment for what God has accomplished.
Here’s a prayer to begin your year…
Heavenly Father, as weak and fickle as I can be, You love me and patiently provide for me. You have been my shelter, my home, my hope this year. I have not always looked to You first, in fact, I’ve often panicked and lost sight of You. But You have been there and I thank You. I bring my heart and my life to You in this moment and I ask You to forgive me for my lack of faith. I thank You for the blessings in my life. I want to be the kind of person that realizes the brevity of life. Teach me so I can grow in wisdom. Satisfy me each morning with Your love. Give me a supernatural love for You and a longing for Your will to be done. Keep me from selfishly pursuing my own desires and help me see what You want. Bless my efforts this year as they serve You and Your purposes. Amen.
Want more? Read Psalm 90:1-17 and meditate on these words all week.
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Current Bible Study/Podcast Series: “Joshua: Strong & Courageous” – January-April, 2025
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~Jennifer
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