What's first?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 8:01AM We are already a few days into a brand new year. The holidays are over and Christmas decorations have been packed up and put away. Now it’s time to think about the new year that lies ahead. Perhaps you are still pondering over your resolutions…or perhaps you are one of those who have sworn off making resolutions because you can never manage to keep them. I think the new year causes all of us to reassess and re-evaluate our lives…at least I hope it does.
If we have received the Spirit of God, He will squeeze right through our lives, as if to ask, “Now where do I come into this relationship, this vacation you have planned, or these new books you want to read?” And He will always press the point until we learn to make Him our first consideration. Whenever we put other things first, there is confusion.
Oswald Chambers - My Utmost For His Highest
One of the most important questions we can ask ourselves as we enter this new year is, “What will I put first in my life this year?” The Lord wants to occupy that space and He is asking you today where He fits into your 2012. I think we can all testify to the truth that Oswald Chambers spoke…whenever we put other things first, there is confusion…there is chaos and anxiety and disharmony and discontentment. And there is no joy.
My prayer is that we each choose joy this year by trusting only in the Lord our God and living each day fully, for His glory.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7
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