TEXT: EZEK. 11:19, LUKE 15:11-20
THE
NEW YOU MAKES THE NEW YEAR
If there is no change in us there may
be no change around us: it doesn’t matter whether it’s a
new day/month/ year, a career, a vision, an enterprise or ministry no newness or
freshness except it emanates from inside. Prov.
23:7a for as he thinketh in his heart so is he, so if our thoughts and ways
are old we may not be in any New Year altogether. May we receive grace for new thought
in Jesus mighty name. Amen.
It is a waste of effort, time and
resources to celebrate New Year with an old heart: it
is like the parable pouring of new wine into old wine skin Matthew 9:14-17, Mark 2:18-22, Luke 5:33-39 it is a waste that will
lead to a further waste. It is like trying to change a product without altering
the process.TO CHANGE A PRODUCT WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PROCESS.
Things to avoid to really experience
a new year (drawing lessons from the parable of the prodigal son).
v Over ambition and pride: verse 12,
to ask for an inheritance before the demise of the father is a big taboo, not
to talk of the request coming from the younger son. Prov. 16:18 says pride
goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
v Uncultured freedom from everything
and everyone: verse 12 one of the things that easily
finished the prodigal son is want of freedom from a loving/caring father which
some of us display against God these days. Even Jesus Christ didn’t and wouldn’t
give us freedom from Him, we only have freedom in Him. Matt
11:29a Take my yoke upon you and learn of me.
v Waste: verse 13-16, waste
and want are twins, when we see anyone who continually wastes any form of
resources will soon be in want of same resources he/she wastes. Even Jesus Christ
didn’t and wouldn’t condone wastage. John
6:12 when they were filled, He said unto his disciples, gather up the fragments
that remain, that nothing be lost.
v Unrepentance: verse 17, all
known sins must be sincerely and thoroughly repented and forsaken. Or else
there is nothing new about the year.
v No self-evaluation: verse 17, Luke
14:28-29 says for which of you intending to build a tower sitteth not down
first and counteth the cost whether he have sufficient to finish it. Lest haply,
after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all that behold
it begin to mock him.
v Not taking the right steps: verse 20,
at times we are waiting on God when He is also waiting on us like the loving father
for us to take the right step and enjoy the rousing party and celebration.
SHALOM.
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Lovely and impactful write up from rightful writer. I really blessed with this idea of thinking new thing and turning your environment into lovable and conducive to live on...Thanks. We need more on weekly basis. C.E.O.IDCARES.
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