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The Year Of Opportunity



Psalm 33:6 (NLT) "The LORD merely spoke and the heavens were created. He breathed the word and the stars were born."

Who among us can say what exists beyond the reality of men other than what the Ancient has told us? I AM is not bounded by the reality of men, but creates as He will. What will we behold in the future beyond what we've seen here? The God who breathed the universe with all of its fantastic wonders into existence is not limited by our imaginations, but is majestically sovereign to create an eternity that we can't even begin to imagine.

The God who creates stars, moons, planets and everything in them holds ready an eternity for His children the likes of which cannot be imagined by man. I believe firmly that the life, that reality in eternity, is the life that He purposed to create us for - not this temporary one. I believe that He has rich purpose in this life to grow our character and refine us by His Spirit in preparation for the life He intended for us from the moment He conceived His plan. But it's not the end game, it's only a prelude to the life that He purposed.

So standing atop a new year of opportunity I find myself doing a little self introspection. What will I honor to value above all else this year? ... And how will I live that out to make it a proven reality in my life? How will that value determine the way that I live each day moment by moment and the outcome of the multitude of decisions that I will make in the coming year?

Will I choose to invest in my own personal self interest and personal pleasure? Or will I choose instead to make investment in a promised eternal future beyond my own temporary comfort here? I have no doubt that the unimaginable wonders of that eternal future will be far beyond anything we could prosper to enjoy on this earth. I also know that behind everything, beyond every effort of man, it's the grace of the majestic and generous God that truly provides for us here and now. It's His favor that can stretch the paycheck in my pocket time and time again to obtain what I need beyond its face value. My current reality serves to remind me of the truth that I am wholly dependent on Him every moment of every day even for the beating of my own heart.

So my loyalties in this year are to Him, that's not in question. But how will I live that out in truth during the coming year? How will I demonstrate that to Him? That ... is the challenge of the new year before me. I hope and pray that as I stand upon the top of the next, I will be found to have been much more successful in this year - living out my devotion to the God who sustained me in the past, showers me with grace in the present and holds the magnificent wonder of my future yet to come.

Toward that end I hope and pray that we are all successful in this year and through eternity. The business and demands of this life can create a facade that conceals the truth. One that His perspective reveals quite clearly - He purposed and created us for Himself, not ourselves ... and He's more than deserving of our all, whatever that might be. 

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