"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall
meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to
all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous,
and then you will have good success."
Joshua 1:8 (NKJV)
With every New Year, people have a great deal of positive expectations, or at least hope, that things will somehow improve in the New Year. But rather than just passively hoping for something good to happen, or for things to somehow just work out, we need to be proactive and do the things we know we should be doing, and improve in those areas. We need to see what we have done successfully in the past, understand why, and then continue doing those things, while making any necessary adjustments to be successful in the coming year.
Everyone can be more successful this next year than they were last year. We can take "new" steps in the New Year by building on what we have been doing with God, and growing in that. We can spend time in God's Word every day, pray more, walk in love at a higher level, as well as being more generous with our time, ability, and finances. We do not have to find some "new" and different thing to do, but we can continue to increase in what we have already succeeded in, and add to that any other things that we might have left undone in the past.
When Joshua took over the leadership of Israel from Moses, it was a new thing for him, and in Joshua 1:8, God told Joshua how to succeed. God told Joshua to stay focused on what the Word says, to do what the Word says, and say what the Word says. God did not give Joshua some completely different plan, but God told Joshua to continue doing what he already knew, and to continue with those things. We too need to stay in God's Word, doing and saying what it says, and allow the Holy Spirit to help us fulfill God's plan for our lives. With God, our future is bright, and that is how our New Year should be!
Joshua 1:8 (NKJV)
With every New Year, people have a great deal of positive expectations, or at least hope, that things will somehow improve in the New Year. But rather than just passively hoping for something good to happen, or for things to somehow just work out, we need to be proactive and do the things we know we should be doing, and improve in those areas. We need to see what we have done successfully in the past, understand why, and then continue doing those things, while making any necessary adjustments to be successful in the coming year.
Everyone can be more successful this next year than they were last year. We can take "new" steps in the New Year by building on what we have been doing with God, and growing in that. We can spend time in God's Word every day, pray more, walk in love at a higher level, as well as being more generous with our time, ability, and finances. We do not have to find some "new" and different thing to do, but we can continue to increase in what we have already succeeded in, and add to that any other things that we might have left undone in the past.
When Joshua took over the leadership of Israel from Moses, it was a new thing for him, and in Joshua 1:8, God told Joshua how to succeed. God told Joshua to stay focused on what the Word says, to do what the Word says, and say what the Word says. God did not give Joshua some completely different plan, but God told Joshua to continue doing what he already knew, and to continue with those things. We too need to stay in God's Word, doing and saying what it says, and allow the Holy Spirit to help us fulfill God's plan for our lives. With God, our future is bright, and that is how our New Year should be!
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