Another New Year’s Resolution

Have you made a resolution for the coming new year?  What could it be?  Lose weight?  Exercise more?  Eat more healthy?  Quit biting your fingernails?  Be kinder to your neighbor?  The list could go on.

Every new year there are countless people who make a declaration of some resolution that they are going to keep.  Every new year those same countless people will most likely break their resolutions within the first week.  Some will forget what the resolution was in the first place.  Are you one of those people?  You mean well; you want to make a good resolution that will put you on a path to becoming a better person, but somehow success alludes you.  You tell yourself there’s always next year.

There’s good news for the Christian where resolutions are concerned.  There is a goal to aim for that doesn’t have to be forgotten until next year.  There’s a target in our sites that is a joy to hope for everyday, not just once a year.  It’s found in Proverbs 3:5-6:  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.  Seek His will in all you do, and He will direct your paths.”

Choosing to trust God and choosing to seek Him is a high goal to set for ourselves every morning.  Will we make mistakes?  Oh yes.  Will we greedily choose our own way on occasion?  Again, yes.  So, if we know our attempts will not prove successful on every day of our attempts, then why even try?

The joy is in the pursuit.  The joy is in knowing that our mistakes are forgiven when we ask our Father to forgive.  The joy is in knowing that our Father has a perfect plan for each of us and that He never tires of our attempts to stay on the path of His design.  The joy is in knowing that as we continue to try, we will continue to grow stronger.  As the days pass by, we will discover that we’re walking a bit farther each day without falling.  As the days pass by, we discover that our understanding of God and His ways and of his love for us, deepens.

Choosing to trust and choosing to seek Him is a daily resolution that never grows old.  It is a goal that always brings joy and peace in the midst of any of life’s storms.  Trusting and seeking God is a resolution that will never fail us.