Resolve

So, it’s the 31^st of January….Just how many of those new year’s resolutions have you broken?  Yes, I’m calling you out right here, right now.  There is probably at least one of them that you started that you’ve already given up on.  You did know that you aren’t in the minority, right?  Every year they give us the stats for percentages of people who ‘ve already given them up on certain days. 

I personally am not a resolution person.  Instead of giving myself some unrealistic list of things that I’m going to do this year, I’ve instead given myself one goal a year to try to reach.  Three years ago I wanted to become more physically fit.  Two years ago I wanted to be more spiritually fit.  Last year I wanted to be more family focused.  This year I decided to be more active. 

Now being more active can mean a lot of different things, and I think that is exactly why God has given me this goal.  This is the year that He wants me to put it all together from the past. 

Physically I have gone downhill since I worked hard a few years back at getting back in shape.  This year I’ve felt that it’s time for me not to be lazy when I have free time, but instead it’s time to get active again.  I’ve started doing a few things that are already helping with that.  I hope to ramp it up even more in the future.

Spiritually I’m feeling led to get more involved in His Word.  It’s not good enough to just show up to church and listen to a sermon.  It’s not good enough to just read the Bible, but instead I need to study it.  I also need to do studies with my wife and make sure we’re both on the same page.  Oh, and not to just pray for the basics, but instead pray that God moves in my life and those I feel led to pray for. 

In the area of family focus last year I worked hard on really engaging more and more with my whole family.  My kids are getting older all the time comma and I want to make sure that not only do they know me, but that I know them as well.  I don’t know what the future holds for them, but I want them to use their talents to the best of their abilities.   I want them to focus their lives on God, and to trust in Him to help them in their lives as He has mine.  I also am continuing to make sure that Traci and I are invested in each other and don’t drift off from one another.  We pray together and work on our finances together to stay closer to each other, and hence closer to God.

I guess that my point in telling you all of this is to give each of you a different perspective on resolutions.  They are so easily broken because they are so easily made.  It’s time to focus all of our lives on God and what changes He wants to make in our lives.  I’ve felt for years now that He puts the “resolutions” in my life for each day, week, month, and year.  If we follow Him and what He wants for our lives, then how could we ever fail to meet a resolution again?