A Renewed Future

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"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:22-23)

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Your Future Potential
Mark Sibley Jones

New Year's resolutions are a good thing. They focus our thoughts and intentions on bringing about some new behavior, attitude or accomplishment. Such visualizations are not to be taken lightly, for the power of faith is closely tied to our imagination. Therefore, ponder your desires and plans for the future so that you may set your heart on noble goals. To facilitate your evaluations of your resolutions, here are a few suggestions:

1. To what goal does God call you? The indications of the Spirit's stirrings in your life may be seen in opportunities, inner longings, troubled thoughts, reflections from others, or the way a sacred reading seems to come alive.

2. Will your plans and ambitions bring new life to you and others? Saving money, for example, is a good thing. But, for what purpose to your intend to save money? Security? Freedom? Control? Pleasure? What are the true sources of the outcomes you seek? How might this awareness change the wording of your resolutions?

3. Are your future visions free from past baggage? Or, are you yet trying to fulfill some outgrown dream or assuage some old remorse? As Paul said it in Philippians 3:13, ". . . forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead . . ."

4. Make your plans on the basis of a God who is bigger than what you can imagine now.

May you experience the peace of Christ in your new beginnings.