Don’t Set a New Year’s Resolution
In today’s thought, I will tell you a far better thing to do.
Did you know there is a service that comes at a cheap price because people buy it but don’t use it? This allows the people offering the service to pass the cheap price on to the next person. The fitness industry or the local gym provides that service. It makes sense to sign up, but then it is hard to keep up. Soon, we just quit going, but we must keep paying because of the contract we signed in the resolution stage of life.
I signed up a time or two in my life. The last time I did it was when I was preparing for a New Year’s resolution. The girl who helped me sign my contract told me there is always a crowd the first couple of weeks in a new year, but by 30 days, things return to normal.
This truth demonstrates the problem with New Year’s resolutions. We always plan to do great things, and then it gets hard. Instead of a resolution, this year set a new goal. Our scripture for today is a great goal.
It is Lamentations 3:22-23:
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
I know this doesn’t seem like a goal, but just a statement of God’s unfailing love for us. Even so, the goal is to wake up every day this year and believe this verse. It will change your life.
God is on your side. He loved you and loves you. He always loves you. He never quits on you. Trust him. He will help you work things out.
As 2 Timothy 1:7 says, “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Don’t live your life waiting for the next shoe to drop. That is a spirit of fear. Live your life like you believe, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end.”
Lonnie Davis