New Year’s Resolutions

Every year about this time, many people sit down and make New Year’s Resolutions. I’m not opposed to setting goals, but there’s something about this whole idea that bothers me. We sit down, recognize a problem in our life, and we decide we are going to fix it. That’s great, but if the problem needs fixing, we should fix it now. What’s the point of continuing in our error until New Years Day?

People decide that in 2007 they are going to pray more, they are going to read God’s Word, they are going to love God more, witness more, whatever it may be. That is wonderful, but we aren’t promised a new year. We aren’t promised another day, or even another minute. If God shows us a problem in our lives, shouldn’t we make things right with him as soon as possible?

I hope the 2007 will be a year that I will grow in Christ, learn to rely on Him more, read His Word more, talk with Him more, but I want that for the end of this year too. It should be our goal for our whole lives, not just the next year. Since today is the first day of the rest of our lives, let’s begin making things right with God today!