Its that time of the year when I would get new books for school and somehow my brother would convince me to give him my new exercise book claiming he would give it back. Oh! And the new shoes and sweater which would have a hole by the time I get back home. I remember my mum asking if I chew my sweater , come to think of it I think I did.
A new year always comes with something new not just tangible things, but also its always a chance for people to start over. The excitement of new books was because you would start writing on a new clean page and you would do your best to start with a perfect handwriting which later on you would give up and go back to staining the pages with ink.
The same thing with a new year, you have been given a chance to do it over again, 365 days for you to not repeat the same mistakes, set new goals, meet the goals you already made and to just simply start over.
What do you wish to achieve this year? What is that one thing that you are trusting God for? What's that thing you wish you did last year?
Jeremiah 29:11:For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
My prayer for you this year is for you to make the decision to let Christ live in you. Because as much as this is a new year we are still the same people and we will keep doing the same things we did last year and news flash! you will end up in the same place you did last year. Because in Christ we become new creations, the old is gone. He tells you to forget your past failures and let Him lead you and see the great things He has in store for you. He tells you to let go of your past hurts and let Him give you joy with each day. He tells you forget about what you did wrong that He has forgiven your sins and will remember them no more. He tells you to come to Him and let Him unburden you of all your worries, anxiety and pain.
I pray that this year if you have not let Christ in your heart let Him in and if you already did, purpose to grow in Him.
Because its only in Christ that you will find new life. Let this be the year that you walk in your destiny because you stopped leading yourself and allowed to be Christ led.
