Proverbs 16:9–Plans Established by God

Proverbs 16:9–"The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps."

2014 is upon us, a new year has arrived full of potential and promise.  My prayer for you this year is that you would see God's awesome blessings in your life and that you would see Him establish your heart's desire this year.  That is why this verse seems so appropriate today, New Year's Day.  Even the best laid plans require the Lord's input for success.  Because of this, I don't think that we can overemphasize the necessity for prayer as we consider and develop our goals for 2014.  For only through God will we be blessed!

New Years: Now What?

New Years, that annual time of the year when people loosely make declarations of wishfulness with little to no actual ability to followthrough with their resolute intentions.  How many of us can say we've ever made a resolution on the 1st only to break it by the 2nd?  But perhaps this year we could try something different, something more realistic and right.

This year, instead of making devout resolutions that lack any real weight behind them, let us spend some time in solitude and prayer in a real, deliberate attempt to discover what God desires of us in this next year.  Instead of spewing out banal wishes let us resolve to seek after and pursue God this upcoming year.

Therefore, in this same spirit, I exhort everyone (*self included) to really make an effort to dedicate time to this and seek after God's guidance for the year ahead.  Make this attitude and posture of worship and submission be our battle cry for the year 2013.