Some people often talk about New year resolution as a fad, unimportant. They believe it is unnecessary because it is hard to follow through upon. They feel that since you will make mistakes, you may be unable to reach that very goal you have set in the beginning of the year. So why make one anyway?
I think a resolution is like planning your journey. Its like setting a goal. It is like travelling with a compass. Its like having a GPS in the middle of a jungle. Resolution is like an anchor for a ship. Since, your life is too precious to live aimlessly; it might help to have a resolution. It is like having a guide in major and minor decisions as you walk through the year. Since it helps in making an invisible path through the course of the year. It is wise to have one.
However, it is true that we may fail in our resolutions because we are all humans. So when we fail on our resolutions, what should we do?
We can look unto the one who never fails. We can depend upon Him whose weakness has not been known since the beginning of all time.
He (God) can help us walk through our human frailties. We can depend upon someone who is much more... Someone much larger than life. He is able to help us walk through our weakness to attain the resolutions we have set. You see (my friend), resolution on its own cannot carry us afar. Without a total dependence on God, we will soon crumble in all our good intentions. So, by resolving to walk with God, you already substantiated your resolutions. It has become so potent and livable. Life beyond the ordinary has now joined you on that journey. What often determines where we turn in difficult times will no longer be your human wisdom but the divine wisdom of God.
As for me, i have made my new year resolution to be as follows :Let it be said of us that we walked with God, we ran for noble causes and we did our best in 2011 to make a difference on this side of the world!
Now, i believe that i can do this because i will be walking through it with God. The best anchor for the soul all through this year will be a total dependence on God. This is the actual hope that can sustain your journey, resolve. It is in Christ Jesus; the one who is the head of all principalities and powers. Trusting in Him will make you arrive at your destinations without a shipwreck. He will be a guide for your soul. He will help your journey as you walk through 2011. So, i advice that you make a resolution that is anchored on Christ Jesus.Happy new year!
