SPARED TO BE BETTER
''The path of the righteous is as a shining light that shines brighter and brighter unto a perfect day''.-Proverbs.4:8
''Tomorrow isn't promised'', they say. So make every second like you wont see the next. Its the first day of a brand new year. A year that promises to be the best we ever heard if we make the best use of it. I'm about to pen down my set of new year resolutions when a passage of the scripture suddenly struck me. i.e the anchor passage.What really is the essence of resolutions. What is the key to fulfilling resolutions?. Does it really have to be a set of dos and don'ts?
The anchor passage talks about the path of the righteous being a shinning light. This extensively describes change, advancement,a plea to get better. Today has to be better than yesterday. God has a specific purpose for sparing your life. There's a reason why you were spared to see the first day in a new year. In the plan of God, maybe you should have dropped dead yesterday if you are going to continue in your old ways this brand new day. God said in His word that if we would not improve our lives, He would spill us out of His mouth. If we take time to brood upon this well enough, we'll realize how badly we have fallen short of the glory of God upon our lives and taken His grace for granted. Most of us want to brag about our minor achievements in life and use that as a justification for a good use of time. What exactly do you know about the expectations of God upon your life?
This coming first will give a better foundation for whatever resolutions we wanna write for the new year. We tend to get our sense of responsibilities awakened. We realize the desperate need to get better. The need to pray more, to fast more and work harder than we did yesterday. We must let go of wandering thoughts of the past holding us down and bask in the joy of a greater day ahead. Thank God for His mercies that endures forever, but if we continue to live in our old ways because of that, we realize that we fail woefully while His mercies remains. Rom .12;2.
Even the devil works with time. He knows that certain battles would be totally lost if not tackled early. He is not only happy to see wasted destinies of old men in hell but happier to see young vibrant minds who have lost their life's focus to procrastination, laziness, carelessness and other vices. Stand up and put a stop to the devil's deceit in your life. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Strive to make it better. Its in you. Take charge and rule your world. All you need to be best in this year lies in your hands. So get back to work. Pick up that challenge and see what you can accomplish.
''I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me"-Phillipians 4;13
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