Proverbs 4: 18 says… the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
Today, December 31- the last day of the year – is typically a day of reflection, a day of examination, a day of resolution. But actually, for the Christian, every day should be a day of resolution – a day to come before God resolved to stay on that path of the just. For many, resolution is a chore, but for the Christian it is a simple, stress-free choice to submit to the will of God, to the ways of God, and to the hand of God. To me, this starts with ‘hearing and doing’.
I have been ‘reading the Bible in a year’ for a number of years (I follow a plan on a Bible app on my cell phone.), and it has changed my life. Spending time each day with the Lord – not rushed, not preoccupied, but attentive to him and his word – keeps me soft, introspective, and focused. And then, as it says in James… I must be a doer of the word, and not a hearer only.
Hebrew 4:12 says… For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Do you want to dig deep and really find out what you are all about? Commit yourself to God’s word, and humbly seek what he is saying to you.
Tomorrow I start on my next round of ‘reading the Bible in a year’, and I can hardly wait! What hidden treasures will I find? What more will I find out about God and his heart – his desires, his ways, his love? Then, change comes naturally.
I hope you will consider daily committing yourself to God’s word. Whether it is on January 1, or on July 13 – it really doesn’t matter. Each day is a choice.
Read it for yourself. 