Happy New Year Everyone!
Wow, it’s a brand new year 2018, I’m so excited, 2017 just came and went, but we’ve been given a brand new set of 8,760 hours, how do we plan on spending it?
As the saying goes, experience is the best teacher. We must have observed how 2017 went, its ups and downs, and with that, we won’t want to repeat the flaws of the previous year in this New Year. So, how do we prevent committing the same errors of the previous year?
When you meet a builder or a civil engineer, he would tell you the most important part of the magnificent structure is the foundation! And this part is never seen, but without it, there won’t be a magnificent structure. The same applies to our lives especially in this New Year, our foundation is very important.
In order to have a great year, we need to pay attention to our foundation, in other words, whatever we intend to do won’t succeed unless our foundation is right. How did you enter the New Year? Psalms 100:4 says, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.” this applies to entering a New Year, in the sense that you are grateful to the creator of time and space for giving you another round of 8,760 hours. The truth is that gratitude is very important and it goes a long way, and why is that? What we fail to understand is that whatever we start the year with is what we start building things on. So, as we start the year with thanksgiving to God, we place the next thought upon that thanksgiving and on and on like that.
Many would say they are always thankful for a brand new year, but we must also understand that every second we spend here on earth is brand new, which would imply that we should be thankful at every point in time, gratitude should be expressed towards God every second of our lives, at least, starting with this New Year. The essence is that gratitude to God is an expression of faith, and faith is what pleases God [ref.: Hebrews 11:6]. Also, we don’t need a great event to happen before we are grateful, we should be grateful for simple things like the food you eat, the clothes you put on, a roof over your head, and so on. It is with a heart like this that we ourselves unlock the door of grace and favour over our lives in every area.
Apostle Paul understood the importance of giving thanks, which was why he told the Thessalonians, “in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). So, thanksgiving in everything is the will of God for, and we shouldn’t take this for granted. Do not fret if you’ve tilted away from thanksgiving already, you could start all over again. It should not be a routine, rather it should be a lifestyle. There are things around us that seem so simple and irrelevant but we should be grateful to God for.
Make thanksgiving and gratitude to God as your foundation this year and you would see how this year would be recorded by you as your best year yet. Once again, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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