Having Our Focus On Jesus Throughout The New Year

Today is the first day of a brand New Year.  We don't know what this year will bring.  There may be challenges and trials.  There will be good times filled with joy and laughter.  There may also be times of discouragement and learning.  Whatever the New Year holds for us we know that the Lord Jesus will be with us each step of the way through it.

We believers in Jesus Christ are on a journey through life.  The Christian life has been compared to a race of sorts.  We must run our race with our eyes fixed upon the prize that awaits us at the finish line.  Our eyes must be fixed upon the Lord Jesus.  He is the prize that we long for.  Jesus is the one that has paid the penalty for our sins by dying one the Cross and He is the one that gives us eternal life in Heaven.  We must come to Him by faith and trust in His grace.

I like what the author of Hebrews says in Hebrews 12:1-3,

"1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 
                                                                                                       

2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." 

During this coming year may we cast off everything that hinders us and the sin that easily entangles us.  We won't be able to do that on our own, but the Lord will help us to do that when we submit to Him and His direction.

We must fix put eyes upon Jesus and have our faith securely in Him.  The Lord will be with us each step of the way.  Let us not grow weary and be weighed down with fear and anxiety, but instead may we be led by the Holy Spirit and empowered by Him to live for the Lord Jesus Christ each and everyday during the new year ahead of us.

I pray that the New Year will bring you great blessings form the Lord as you draw nearer to Him.  Continue to read and study the Bible and continue to walk in the Spirit and rejoice in His wonderful presence.

Have a blessed and Happy New Year.

Lord,

We praise Your Name.

You are Holy.

We pray that Your blessing would be upon each of us during this New Year.

Lead us and guide us by Your Holy Spirit.

In Jesus Name we pray,

Amen.