HOW TO HAVE A GREAT YEAR

Spirit & Life Devotional
Friday, January 2
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

HOW TO HAVE A GREAT YEAR

Psalms 127:1-2 NKJV "Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep."

Something happened that reminded me of the verse above. Two children rejected biscuits I offered them when they visited. I immediately figured that their parents had advised them not to accept things from others. But one of them wanted some biscuits. So he tricked the other one to go play outside with him; then he came back, asked for biscuits, finished it, cleaned his mouth and then went out to play. As that happened, I was just laughing within me.

A lot of us are like the parents of those children; we like to think that we have everything under our control, that we are smart, protective, and powerful enough to determine the outcome of events that happen in our lives, in the lives of our family members, in our offices, et cetera; but we are really not in charge: only God is.

Do you really want to have a great year, to accomplish much, and not to experience unnecessary pain and disasters? Then you must commit everything you do this year unto the hands of God. It's okay to counsel your children, to have plans and strategies, to do everything necessary to win, but understand that all of that will be useless without God's help. God cares, and if we trust Him, He would help us have a very happy and successful year.

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