Where do I go from here? What do I do? Which road do I take? Which way do I sway in this dance? I don’t know! I would like to say I don’t care, but I do.
Do you make lists? Lists of what you
accomplished in 2013? Lists of
failures? What you want to do, goals you
want to reach in 2014? I want to! I have formulated them in my head. They just haven’t made them to paper yet,
which is odd because everything in my head eventually makes it to paper. As I was discussing my weirdness last night
with a friend, I realized I have some little tiny goals I have to complete. We tend to always look at the big picture and
set our goals. Like I want to lose 100#
Well Hello! Don’t start with that! How about you start with I want to get
healthy in 2014. Cut back on my sugar,
go with low fat! Limit the doughnuts and
chips! Eat fruit and veggies. Walk a mile instead of watching that
television show. Then before you know
it, the pounds will be falling off, but more importantly you will be feeling
better. You will have more energy and
you will be able to move without your knees complaining. And as you feel better you will want more of
that! Those pounds will come easy with
health as your motivator! My thing or
one of my things is this; I have watched TV for a long time, Danny and I watched
a lot of TV! So for the last year I have
just quit watching TV. I don’t know
why! I don’t enjoy it! But I still feel the need to DVR all my
favorite shows. But then every time I
think I will watch one of them, I don’t.
So I have all these series taking up space on my DVR and I have no desire
to watch them, but yet I can’t bring myself to delete them. That’s what I want to do this New Year! Either watch them or delete them! That’s easy enough! Right?
Philippians 1:6
He who began a good work in you will carry it on to
completion.
My desire to quit watching TV started
after I prayed for God to make me healthy, to clean me up, and to give me a
heart like His. I didn’t even finish
last season’s finales! And they are
still on my DVR. But what I do now
instead of watch TV is read my Bible; write words that God gives me, pray! But no TV!
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
new.
When I prayed for health, I
had no idea He was going to clean up my spiritual health. But He did.
Yet I cling to the old way by not deleting that! I have no doubt I am not going to watch
it! It’s as if I can hear Him say every
time I look at TV, wouldn’t it be better to sit with me for a while? Let’s
talk! Get your coffee, I’ll get the
word. And how can I argue with
that? So I am sure, as sure as I am
writing this on paper that I am going to hit the delete button. There is like only 10% space left on my DVR
because of all the junk that I have recorded!
How much space do you have left in your life for Christ? Is it 10%?
50%? With a new day, a new year,
we have a new slate! There is nothing
stopping us from hitting that delete button on all the garbage in our life so
that we can free up space for Jesus! I
am going to start by deleting all that “stuff” taking up space. Then I am going to start looking at other
areas of my life. I know I have lots of
trash laying or lurking around in my body, my heart, my mind! It takes up space that I could turn over to
Christ! If I will let it go! I am beginning to think I am a hoarder not
just in my physical realm but in my heart and mind. I get all these things, thoughts, emotions
and I think I need to hang on to them.
But I don’t and that’s one of the things on my list for the New
Year! Letting Go! I need to let go of the things I have no
control of, and let God have them. He
knows the plans He has for me! I just
have to trust Him. He is working
everything out for my good! We are just
along for the ride!
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
11
For I know the plans I have for you,”
declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to
give you hope and a future.
That verse has become my
light when it’s dark. My hope when I am
hopeless. My strength when I am
weak. I know He wants what’s best for me
just as He does for each of you! I am
holding on to that promise. I know it
will happen in Gods time. Not mine. I just have to be patient and wait upon the
Lord! Not an easy thing to do, but while
I am waiting I am talking with Him! I am
praising Him for all He’s done for me! I
am serving Him! I am hopeful! I am obedient, while I am
waiting!
Psalm 40:1 (NIV).
1
I waited patiently for the
Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
he turned to me and heard my cry.
I am running a race! But not just a race, THE RACE! And during this race, we wait. We learn at the feet of Jesus! For this race is not one of speed, but of
endurance!
Galatians 6:5
The Message (MSG)
4-5 Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work
you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with
yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take
responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own
life.
As we run our race, on our
road of life, we run into temptations along the way. The devil has to try and trip us up. He has snared me plenty times. And does every day! And trust me, I get discouraged. But I am grabbing an accountability partner
this year! More than one actually, and I
am going to defeat the devil instead of being defeated! Because as a wise friend once told me, “The
devil has no power over us except when we allow him to influence our thoughts
and words.” So I don’t know about you,
but “I ain’t got time for that!” The
devil has no place in my life! And if
that means surrounding myself with people to remind me of that, then so be
it!
Psalms
136:3
O give thanks to the Lord
of Lords!
That’s my number one goal
for this year! Because without Him and
all He has done, I would be doomed! But
thanks for Jesus Christ dying on the cross for me, for you, we have eternal
salvation. All we have to do is
ask!
Romans 10:13 (KJV)
13 For
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved
Isaiah 12:2 (KJV)
2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will
trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord
Jehovah is my
strength and my song; he also is become my
salvation
As I move into the New
Year, my prayer is to listen to God, not man! Go where He wants me to go! Follow
His goals not mine! He has already set
down what we need to do! How we need to
live! You don’t need to say; yeah I need
to lose weight. Just say, Lord, create
in me a new thing! Do away with the
old! Give me your heart. Make me like you! That was my prayer on April 6, 2013. I will never forget that day! I was broken! Physically, spiritually,
emotionally…broken. But God picked up
the broken shattered pieces and put them together better than I could have
imagined. And He is still working on
me! I always see areas in my life that
need cleansed up! But little by little
bit by bit I run that race, I avoid that temptation, sometimes I get snared by
the devil but I can always come back to the One who loves
me!
Praise God, there is
nothing we can do that would make Him say, you can’t come back! We are human, we mess up, and we ask for
forgiveness and because of the cross and the blood that Jesus shed for us He
always forgives!
Matthew 21:22 (KJV)
22 And all
things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive
As you embrace 2014, my
prayer for you is to begin everything with prayer. Ask what you should do in every situation
before you do it! If you are a list
maker, let Him help you! Let your goals
be for God this year! I can guarantee
you will grow! Your path may not be easy
but it will be rewarding. You will never
be alone and He will always answer your prayers! Just believe and
receive!
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