New Year Resolution

Ephesians 2:8

8. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.

I love this verse because it reminds me how much God loves me. It is not what I do that recieves His grace, it is only a gift from Him because of my faith in Jesus Christ. There is nothing you and I can do to recieve this grace, it is only given as a gift from our Father since He chooses us, how great is that, to recieve this gift of grace!

My New Year resolution is simply to live for God's will and be loved by Him. I was thinking of certain accomplishments and achievements, but the more I think about it, I'm like, why? Why do I want to achieve that, what will it do for me?Maybe a higher pay, maybe a better lifestyle, maybe a better person? Isn't all this achievable through God?

God finds favor in those who follow His will, if I follow and live for Him, won't I recieve all of these things?

It says in Matthew 6:26

26. Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Don't you know God wants to provide for you and I? However, we tend to look to ourselves for achievements and advancement. Selfish ambition? Greed?

My resolution is to live in Him and be loved by Him because anything that I want to achieve is of my own, but if I work for my Father and achieve the great things He wants me to achieve, not only will my reward here on earth be great, but my reward in Heaven will be even greater!
Remember, this world is temporary, everything comes and goes, EVERYTHING, but God is forever, so I yearn for that eternal life with Him!

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God bless your new year!

In Christ,
CL