Yes, He surely carried us all the way through 2014. Just a very few reminders of His faithfulness:
But You are not a God just of yesterday but also of today, tomorrow, and forever. "Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today, and forever." (Heb.13:1) Forever faithful. Forever good. Forever full of grace. Forever omnipotent. Forever omniscient. Forever wise. Forever kind and compassionate. Forever forgiving.
You who have been faithful, loving, good, kind, and forgiving in the past will be the same next week, next month, and next year.
On the next page of Daily Light, just after the words about God's faithfulness in the past, is this reminder: "There remains very much land yet to be possessed." (Josh.13:1)
God is not finished with any of us. Not as long as He leaves us here on this earth. There is work to be done. People to be loved. Sin to be conquered. Victories to be won. Grace to be shown.
And so we press on. Fall forward. Step out in faith. Confident not in ourselves or our abilities but in our all-powerful, perfect, glorious, sovereign Savior.
"We should draw our life's inspirations not from memory, but from hope; not from what is gone, but from what is yet to come. Forgetting the things which are behind, we should reach forward unto those things which are before." J.R. Miller
Yes, Lord, yes. You make all things new (Rev.21:5), and whatever lies before us in this new year, You are already there. Already all-sufficient. Already causing all, all, all things for good for those who love You. (Rom.8:28)
So, in the words of Paul Miller, we will "treasure last year's victories. Forgive last year's hurts. Forget last year's disappointments" but step out into the future with confident faith in all You will be and do.
Happy New Year! To God be the glory.
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