by Dona Hake
I can hardly believe that Christmas is only days away…where did this year go? It will not be long that you will hear some speak of their resolutions for the fresh new year. Many times people see the New Year as a fresh start and a beginning point to accomplish a desire of their heart, break a bad habit, or press into a goal. If one makes a resolution it is of utmost importance that it is coupled with a desire to accomplish it or follow through with it. My thoughts on this are to live each day as unto Him and do that which He is speaking to your heart about. Do not get me wrong, I think it is great to make plans and goals but I kind of love staying in that place of living one day at a time knowing that I have His hand of blessing on all that I set my hand to, and everything else seems to fall into the right place. The Lord desires that we look to Him every day as a clean slate with fresh beginnings in which He can direct the work of our hands.
Psalm 90:17
“And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
and direct thou the work of our hands upon us…”
I believe as we allow His beauty or His grace to be upon us He will direct the work of our hands and lead us in our God given assignments. He will begin to deal with how we view everything. He is well able to put us in alignment with His will as we stay humble to Him. He will in turn cause all that we set our hand to to be blessed and prosperous. If there are things in your life relative to disciplines that you desire change in, I just encourage you to prayerfully take them to Him. Let Him do the changing and bring growth in His timing.
Lord, we thank You for Your Holy Spirit that is at work within us, and we humbly ask that You direct every work of our hands. As we look at going into a new year let us start each day, and look at it as a new beginning as we acknowledge You. May Your beauty be upon all that we do that we may glorify You, in Jesus Name, amen.