I love New Years! It's like turning the page in a brand new book that has crisp clean pages and has never been open. I love all the new possibilities and opportunities that lie ahead. We never know what lies ahead. Ill never forget that by the end of 2012 I was so ready to get that year over with even though 2013 held nothing but mystery ahead. One of my boys Michael Hux sent me the verse Deut 2:7 one morning late in 2012 that is still precious to me and got me through some ordeals. Scripture is always the answer to our anxiety, actually to all of our emotions. God proved so much then and showed us such favor and faithfulness that it's hard to do anything but trust Him as I walk into another brand new year that holds its own sense of mystery.
I go into 2015 with anticipation and excitement of what God has in store. In some ways I'm living over my head in some areas He's called me to but I have a feeling that's where He likes me to live. It makes me trust Him more. My husband will share this Sunday a message on where we've been this past year and where we are headed. It's exciting, challenging, and overwhelming all at the same time. Favor is new and fresh and exciting as well but I'm challenged by what the new year brings for that ministry.
My word for 2015 is MORE. I want to know Him MORE. I want to witness Him work MORE. I want to do MORE for Him. I want to serve MORE. I want to see MORE of what He can do when I am MORE obedient, MORE trusting, MORE sold out to Him and His purpose. I want to see MORE of His glory. I'm believing Him for some big things this year. I'm believing that He can do whatever He chooses, however He chooses with whomever He chooses. I know Luke 1:45 is true that blessed is she who believes that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished. I know nothing is impossible with Him. At one time I might have doubted that but I've seen too much and experienced too much to doubt Him now.
What are you asking Him for this year? Is it of Him? Is it to glorify Him? If this is the year of His favor on your life, what are you asking Him for? Take some time to look back and see all that God has done, the times He has carried you. Then look ahead and walk in faith. Go through those open doors. Don't kick them down and don't manipulate the situation. But walk through when He opens that door.
God has so much waiting for us. Some of it may be difficult as we begin that walk. Some may be hard. Some may cost us friends, relationships, material things. Trust me, we've lived through all of that. But He NEVER takes away without replacing it with something better. I told that to my kids all their lives and then lived it again as an adult. But it's true. He's all about our best. He is our victory our very great reward. He is a giver not a taker even when we feel that He is taking away. Don't stop and rest in your feelings. Keep moving ahead. Rest in the Truth! And the truth is that He is a God who is for us and loves us.
A golf teacher once said to take dead aim. Aim for a specific place, a specific direction. This new year, take dead aim. Be specific in your prayers. Ask God for some specific direction. And obey Him. He never leads us wrong.
I'm holding tightly to Jeremiah 33:3 this year. "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." To have that I have to spend time with Him. Focusing more on my prayer life and more time in his word is a must.
Surround yourself this year with those on the same path as you. Those who are striving to know Jesus better and follow Him. Life wasn't meant to be lived alone or in despair. We need each other. We need MORE Jesus!
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