Well, it is hard to believe that we are at the beginning of a new year. What will the new year hold for us and our families? What will it hold for us as a congregation? Nobody really knows the answers to these questions, but we can be assured that regardless of what we experience in the new year, the Lord Jesus Christ will be faithful to lead us, to guide us, and to provide us with what we need, when we need it.
One of the things that we do each year is make resolutions. These are things that we hope to do throughout the year or stop doing. Many people resolve to live healthier lives by exercising more or eating better. Others resolve begin a new career or be a better overall person or begin a daily reading plan of the Bible or resolve to walk closer with the Lord. Inevitably, what always happens with our resolutions is that we hit a roadblock. We get tired of going to the gym or eating healthier or we just get bogged down by the daily routines of life. Before we know it, we have fallen from the wagon and we wonder what happened.
One of the things that I would like to try and do in the new year is to write a weekly blog. The idea behind it would be to try and encourage each of you as we seek to “work out our salvation” and grow closer to Jesus in this new year.
My prayer for each of you is that you and your families would be blessed and experience full measure of the blessing of God upon your lives. I will close this post with the priestly blessing from Numbers 6:23-26. “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘In this way you shall bless the sons of Israel. You are to say to them: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord makes His face to shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His face to you and give you peace.”