Mind of Christ
“I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices…”
Psalm 16:8,9a
It’s hard to believe a new year is upon us!
As you look back over 2018 I am sure you like me have many memories to catalog in your brain. Some triumphs no doubt and some setbacks for sure. Perhaps it was a year of great change for you. Maybe you are new to Star Valley and are launching on a new phase of your life. Maybe you took a new job, bought a new house, or made some new friends. Maybe it was a year that took you through some deep trials and testing’s.
As we stand at the precipice of a New Year we always wonder what it will hold. There are many things that will come our way that are completely beyond our control. These we must trust to the goodness of our Wise Father who dispenses all things according to His will. Everything He brings into our life is ultimately for our good and for His glory. To this truth we must cling tenaciously.
However, there are some aspects of the future that are completely within the bounds of our “choice.” We can choose to be a more devoted Husband and Father. We can choose to spend more time in prayer and Scripture reading. We can choose to forgive someone we have held a grudge against. We can choose to invest in the life of someone around us. These and many other choices are ours to make. We can also choose to make poor decisions and slip into mediocrity. The choice is ours.
In Philippians 2 we find that it is “God that is at work in us both to will and to do His good pleasure.” I am trusting that the Lord is willing for us to grow deeper and stronger in 2019. Let us also trust that He will enable us to ‘do’ that which He desires us to accomplish for His glory.
Because of grace,
Tim
