I have a long history of enthusiastic beginnings that lead to to nowhere.
Acknowledging the problem might be a first step, but it is not a solution. Obviously, it does not help to make excuses for the failing.
For three months, I consistently entered blogs. The new year begins, and I am in danger of ending my blogging career before it even begins. February is well-begun and this is the first time I've penned an entry .... one that is simply free form, unprepared, propelled by the realization that I don't want to fade away from the blogosphere.
I have never been a "resolutions" proponent. Making them leads to breaking them. I either do what I should do or want to do or I don't. Pledging to do something does not get it done.
Unless I am a man of my word. Like God, who always keeps His promises. His word is trustworthy. It never fails.
God had no problems with writing His resolutions. One volume 67 books long, the Bible presents a solid foundation on which my life is settled.
Of course, my personal issues with keeping pledges reveals my human failure to live like my life is on that solid foundation.
God loves me ... that means, He is doing whatever is best for me for all eternity.
My best response to His love is to love God ... to do that which honors Him and creates a great atmosphere for us to relate. God is all about relationship.
Jesus came that I might have that relationship ... FOREVER.
Being loved by God while loving Him will directly lead to me loving others ... my family (all of them), friends, acquaintances and the entire world ... as God gives me the opportunity.
Any resolutions I might make would simply be a process to living in the relationship. There are certainly practical things I must do to walk it out. I need to listen when God reveals those to me. I need to be determined to do them.
Not because I will gain any greater favor with God. But because I am so highly favored by Him that I should be willing and desirous of doing them.
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