No New Year Resolution -- Just a Continuation
For the new year there are no resolutions. What I seek is a continuation. Though it is a continuation, I desire for it to be a better one than the year before. Call it a resolution if you must, but there are no hard numbers, no specific goals enumerated, no date at which I can or should call myself a failure for having not done what I sought to do. This continuation, I pray, is by the power of the Spirit (Zech. 4:6). I cannot do this on my own. It is too much for me but when I am weak then He is strong. So the key is not to pursue the latest trends and fads at being the best me that I can be. Oh, I'll read and learn but the key is admitting that I am weak and that when I am in that condition, God is most present and powerful to accomplish in me His purposes and plans (2 Cor. 12:6-10). Our incredibly powerful God delights in using little people to do incredibly big things ( Judges 6:15 ; 2 Samuel 7:8-9 ).* Therefore, if I exalt...