NOW THAT YOU ARE HERE!

Isaiah 43:18-19 TLB

But forget all that-it is nothing compared to what I'm going to do! [19] For I'm going to do a brand-new thing. See, I have already begun! Don't you see it? I will make a road through the wilderness of the world for my people to go home, and create rivers for them in the desert!

 

Happy new year! Welcome to the new year!

God is doing a new thing: welcome to the much awaited and expected year of the Lord 2026. The year of covenant! Now that you are here, what next?

The New Year always brings renewed hope, fresh starts, God’s faithfulness, and entering a new season under His Lordship, even though the Bible does not use the exact phrase “Happy New Year.”

Unfortunately, we think January alone or the first three months is the new year. Why can’t it be a new year always?

A lot of people start the year by making “new year’s resolutions,” things they intend to either do or don’t. Sadly, not many see this through. Some don’t even last until the end of January. We must remember God’s plans and future: “For I know the plans I have for you… plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11

It’s always good to start the year with plans and preparation but we must remember too, that Psalm 37:5 say, only God can make our plans what they ought to be if we commit them to Him.

The Bible encourages us to examine our lives and resolve to change them if necessary (although not just at the beginning of a new year). Psalm 17:3 say that we should resolve to keep our speech pure saying: “I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.”

Ephesians 4:22-24 then encourages us to put off our old selves. The “old self” that refused to trust and serve Christ earnestly. We must be renewed or transformed in the mind according to Romans 12:2 as we study and apply God’s Word and begin to think in new and right ways.

The new year should be a new beginning for us in many ways, especially in spiritual things. We should endeavour to enter in and remain in the new year with renewed minds.

So many of us walked the proverbial wilderness in the last year, wishing, praying and hoping that God would do something new for us and God is promising that He is, and will do something new for us, something unprecedented and wonderful, not just for the new year but always.

We make resolutions that are often too unrealistic, however, so many of our resolutions fail. Resolutions are sometimes wishful thinking, with no way to make them happen. Other resolutions fail because we aren’t willing to make the sacrifices necessary to reach them.

When we plan with God as Proverbs 16:9 states, He directs and establishes our plans and paths, with little or no chance of failure. Even if you made resolutions, who holds you accountable for keeping them? No one! All too soon, we find ourselves falling off the bandwagon. But when we make godly plans, the scriptures hold us accountable to obedience.

We must remember Romans 7:18, the real problem with not being able to sustain carnal resolutions is within us—within our hearts and minds. We’d all like to be better people, but no matter how hard we try, we find ourselves tripped up by our moral failures and weaknesses. Even Paul experienced this: “I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.”

Psalm 65:11 says God crowns your year with goodness; and your paths drip with abundance.

According to Deuteronomy 7:13, obedience to the covenant of God leads to blessings, everything we would need, want, and desire in the new year is in the Lord. May it be a wonderful one.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

-        In what areas of my life do I need to “put off the old self” and embrace renewal?

-        What steps can I take to ensure my plans align with God’s will?

-        How can I trust God to “crown my year with goodness” even when circumstances seem uncertain?

-        How can I maintain a sense of “newness” and spiritual freshness beyond January?

PRAYER: Thank you, Lord, for the privilege of seeing another year, thank you for the gift of life. I commit my life and everything into your hands so that you may perfect all that concerns me this year in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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