We have begun the year 2019. What are you thinking when you hear that sentence? Are you thinking of how slowly 2018 went by, or that you wish time would tick by faster? I am sure you are not. Most likely you are saying something like, “this year has absolutely FLOWN by,” or “It seems as if we just began January of 2018!”
Every year, I am reminded of how quickly time is ticking. Even our lifespans, which may seem like a long time, are only a vapor. What will we do with our time this year? Will we spend it on our own personal dreams and desires? Or will we seek God daily for wisdom to know each step of the day, for each day of the week, each week of the month, etcetera? Will you look back when we are beginning 2020 and wish you had spent your energies on something better? Something more profitable? Something eternal?
Live each day in constant communication with the LORD, listening to His voice, and following His commands. Seek Him through His WORD daily, and trust Him with all of your heart. Don’t lean on YOUR understanding, but acknowledge Him in every choice you make.
May God allow each one of us, as His children, to be faithful in the small things, as well as the big things, that He calls us to do. May we, at the end of our lives hear HIM say, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy LORD.” (Matthew 25:21)
“Standing at the portal
Of the opening year,
Words of comfort meet us,
Hushing every fear.
Spoken through the silence
By our Father’s voice,
Tender, strong, and faithful,
Making us rejoice.
Onward, then, and fear not,
Children of the Day!
For His word shall never,
Never pass away!
“I, the LORD, am with thee,
Be thou not afraid!
I will help and strengthen,
Be thou not dismayed!
Yea, I will uphold thee
With my own Right Hand;
Thou art called and chosen
In my sight to stand.
Onward, then, and fear not,
Children of the Day!
For His word shall never,
Never pass away!
“For the year before us,
Oh what rich supplies!
For the poor and needy
Living streams shall rise;
For the sad and sinful
Shall His grace abound
For the faint and feeble
Perfect strength be found.
Onward, then, and fear not,
Children of the Day!
For His word shall never,
Never pass away!
“He will never fail us,
He will not forsake;
His eternal covenant
He will never break!
Resting on His promise,
What have we to fear?
God is all-sufficient
For the coming year.
Onward, then, and fear not,
Children of the Day!
For His word shall never,
Never pass away!
-“Faithful Promises” by Francis Ridley Havergal
This poem has been a timely encouragement from the Lord recently… special thanks to a sweet sister who gave it to me in a book and another one who posted it! <3