As we enter 2021 with hopes and aspirations to put the previous year behind us, let us all take inventory of 2020. Many of us dealt with coronavirus in some form. Death, despair, fear, heartache, political and social injustice gripped the masses. Of all that happened last year, Jehova God brought us through. We may not understand why or how, but by His grace, mercy, love, and forgiveness we are here!!
We are blessed with life in a new year. Despite the good and the bad in our lives, take this time to get your priorities in order. First things first, put The Father in Heaven ahead of all things. Second, allow the life and blood of Christ to make you a new creature. Third, let the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to free you from your fears...all of them!
2 Corinthians 5:17 says: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Let the old you die its deserved death and be made new in Christ. To be made new in Him joins you and the Lord as one. That said, if the Author and Creator of life is for you, nothing can stand against.
Psalm 27:1 declares: the Lord is my light and salvation; of whom (or what) shall I fear, of whom (or what) shall I be afraid? Fear is a stronghold of the enemy. Take back your mind and life through Christ. Don't let fear and worry bind you any longer.
Let whatever time we have in 2021 be spent growing in the Father, not fretting over things in this world, things we can't control. Put an end to fear in your life and stand firm on the Word of God. Being made new is gift only Christ can give. It means that old ways, desires, beliefs die with the old you. It is the best of clean slates, make the most of it through God.
Happy 2021, here's to new beginnings and restoration of us all in Christ!!