Resolve

 

New Year’s Day. Calm down; breathe. It’s not hopeless. Yet, really, how many of us out there approach this day with despair? Whether or not we have some resolution going, the challenge is to view this new day, representative of this new year- and NOT get overwhelmed by it.

We hear the word “resolution” a lot this time of year, but how about the word, “resolve?” After all, it’s a part of the infamous New Year’s word, isn’t it?

Its definition, in fact, reads as such:

“to make decision: to come to a firm decision about something, or cause somebody to do this”

“to solve difficulty: to find a solution to a problem”

 

And that’s where we get tripped up. We insist on the solution, the answer the remedy to happen, magically, all at once, on this one day, representing this new year. It’s all or nothing, perfection or failure. And, with that attitude, failure is EXACTLY what we’re setting ourselves up for.

That irony does nothing to help any hangover whatsoever.

2 Corinthians 3:18, then, to the imperfect mortal aid, if not the perfect rescue:

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

Notice there’s nothing in there which states it happens instantly, in one day or even in one year. Nevertheless, it IS occurring; it’s ongoing, whether or not we’re aware of it.

Resolve, then to believe God is more powerful than any other thing we resolve ourselves to be or not be, do or not do. It’s not all about us, anyway. It’s God.

“…‘This is the word of the LORD…saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,’ saith the LORD of hosts.”

Zechariah 4:6

Let’s resolve then, to let God be God and handle this day- and each day- of our lives. There could, indeed, be a happy new year if we just get out of the way!

Happy New Year and God bless!!! May we be resolved to that, Yes and amen!!

Copyright © 2016 by Sheryle Cruse