Friday... So, what will be our response to this New Year?

Friday... We really wonder about this New Year, don't we? So, what will be our response?

There are two ways to look at it. One is in fear. I mean, look at what happened. We've been in a pandemic and yes, that is true. But the second is, yes we've been in a pandemic and yes, we have made it through. So, what is there now for us to conquer? I happen to like, through God's help, that response the best.

Now the Apostle John in writing the book of Revelation said in Chapter 2 verse 10 (AMP), "Fear nothing that you are about to suffer." Then verse 11b says, "To him who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant [the privilege] to eat [the fruit] from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God."

Now this tree was one of two trees in the Garden of Eden that Adam and Eve had a choice to eat. This one would give then eternal life if they had access to eat from it. That is, if they didn't eat from the other one which He commanded them not eat from, but they did and they were banished from the garden so they couldn't eat from the tree of life.

Our choices about living this New Year are very clear. Yes living in fear is a very real possibility but that is no way to live, is it?

Psalm 121:3-8 (NLT) says, "He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber... The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade. The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever."

He also says in James 5:16b, "The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results." The Amplified Bible says it this way, "The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) is able to accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God-it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]."

Now that is the way I want to head into this New Year! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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