"For
this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these
things, though you know and are established in the present truth.
Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,"
2 Peter 1:12-13 (NKJV)
When a "New Year" starts, people often think about making changes and doing something different in their life. But the New Year is not really new, we just change the number of the calendar year that we are in. We still have the same 12 months, we still have the same 52 weeks, and we still have the same seasons, so nothing is really new. Making changes and adding something new to improve our lives is a good thing, but we often already have much of what we need, and it is not that we need something new, we just need to make use of what we already have.
At the start of the New Year, and sometimes at the end of a calendar year, Christians will talk about what they believe the emphasis of the New Year should be. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes Christians get the idea that something new and different is needed to improve their life and relationship with God. No matter what the year is according to the calendar, there are some things we have now that we will still need each and every year, and one of those things is the Bible. No matter the year, we need to read and study God's Word again and again.
In 2 Peter 1:12-13, Peter made a great point when he told the people he was going to continue to remind them of something, even though they were established in that truth; Peter was talking about God's Word. We have to be careful that we do not fall prey to the idea that there has to be some new thing in our life to make the New Year better. We need to keep doing the same "old" things of spending time with God in His Word and through prayer, putting God's Word into practice, and being led by the Holy Spirit. These are the things that we need to keep on doing in our "New Year," and every year.
Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,"
2 Peter 1:12-13 (NKJV)
When a "New Year" starts, people often think about making changes and doing something different in their life. But the New Year is not really new, we just change the number of the calendar year that we are in. We still have the same 12 months, we still have the same 52 weeks, and we still have the same seasons, so nothing is really new. Making changes and adding something new to improve our lives is a good thing, but we often already have much of what we need, and it is not that we need something new, we just need to make use of what we already have.
At the start of the New Year, and sometimes at the end of a calendar year, Christians will talk about what they believe the emphasis of the New Year should be. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes Christians get the idea that something new and different is needed to improve their life and relationship with God. No matter what the year is according to the calendar, there are some things we have now that we will still need each and every year, and one of those things is the Bible. No matter the year, we need to read and study God's Word again and again.
In 2 Peter 1:12-13, Peter made a great point when he told the people he was going to continue to remind them of something, even though they were established in that truth; Peter was talking about God's Word. We have to be careful that we do not fall prey to the idea that there has to be some new thing in our life to make the New Year better. We need to keep doing the same "old" things of spending time with God in His Word and through prayer, putting God's Word into practice, and being led by the Holy Spirit. These are the things that we need to keep on doing in our "New Year," and every year.
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