Look back but don't buy a parking place there...

As we come to the end of another year many shows on TV and many conversations that take place in the next couple of days that have to do with the year 2015.

Many of you have heard me make the statement God has covered the past, He holds the future, but He dwells in the present.    As you assess the year 2015 look over it well.   Celebrate those things that are worthy of celebrations:  new jobs, births of children and grandchildren, a new home, the sale of a home, being newly married, maybe you became a believer in 2015, maybe you decided to truly submit to him as LORD for the first time in 2015, etc.  Grieve the losses: many of us lost dear ones in the year of 2015, many of you lost homes, jobs, income, etc.   Learn from the mistakes: Relationships that weren’t handled well, business decisions gone wrong, broken promises, etc.  The list could go on and on.

  

But hang on to this truth.  No matter what 2015 brought into your life, it is past.  You have no control of it.  It is done.  You can’t change it.  You may be having to make decisions today based on the outcome of some of the things that happened in 2015, whether those be good or bad.  But the actual events themselves are over.  Again, look back, celebrate, grieve and learn from it.  But don’t buy a parking space there because any car left parked there will rust.

Do step into 2016 with your eyes fixed on the author and perfecter of your faith.  Hang on to this truth as well.  Things are not getting better.  God’s word is clear that we are in the last days.  I see more and more people “feeling” hopeless and I am talking about believers!   This year commit to the truth of “clinging to Christ alone.”  He is our hope!  He dwells in the present.  He holds the future!  He’s covered the past.

Matthew 6:32-33 (ESV)
For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Psalm 118:24 (ESV)
This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Love You All

His,

Vickie

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL THE STAFF, BOARD AND ADVISORS OF PURE JOY INTERNATIONAL.