A new year, and a new chance. It is a special feeling to cross from one year to another, and that too in the midst of all the chaos happening all over the world. The terrorist attacks, the accidents, the natural calamities and the dreaded diseases all around, makes us to wonder as to why God should protect us from all these, when thousands of people, better than us in all aspects are snapped away from this world in a whisker.
We will be the biggest fools if we think that we continue to live in this world because of our goodness and our intelligence. It is worthwhile to think about the long suffering nature of God, and His grace that has spared us from a possible end to our earthly life, and thus offering a hope to change for good.
Yes, it is another chance that God gives us in His sovereignty so that we draw closer to Him, and do start doing His will on this earth. We speak about changing the society and the culture, At times, we even go to the extent of fighting evil tooth for tooth, and fist for fist. We think we can change every single thing by our own strength and efforts without recognizing the implicit danger of us being swindled away from God, as we start giving more importance to our cause than for God.
The first and foremost transformation that should take place is inside us. We should be regenerated in our spirits. Assurance of salvation is still a question mark for many. Once we are transformed, our renewed nature will force our family members to shift their thinking towards us, and thereby they will be transformed. This then permeates to the society and out to everywhere. People will be attracted to Christ through our actions, and by the way we portray Christ through our personal, family and professional lives.
If you are a slacker in your job, though you speak hours about Christ, nobody would care to listen. If you are not in good terms with your family members, none of your neighbors would be interested in our preaching and our efforts to proclaim Christ. This new year, I would request each of you reading this to give real importance to the following three points.
1. Are you really saved? Try to answer this question from the bottom of your heart. If you still continue to hold on to those secret sins, then you need to repent and come back to God
2. How is your relationship with your spouse and other family members? Is there somebody that you have hurt so much, that you need to apologize to them, or is there someone who has hurt and you need to forgive them?
3. What is your attitude towards your work? Do you treat your work as a blessing from God, and do everything as if doing for Him?
God is as interested in even the smallest of the things in our life to see if we are faithful to Him. If we fail in these small things, we can be sure that God is not interested in giving us higher responsibilities whether in ministry or in the secular world. Will we think and change this year?
We will be the biggest fools if we think that we continue to live in this world because of our goodness and our intelligence. It is worthwhile to think about the long suffering nature of God, and His grace that has spared us from a possible end to our earthly life, and thus offering a hope to change for good.
Yes, it is another chance that God gives us in His sovereignty so that we draw closer to Him, and do start doing His will on this earth. We speak about changing the society and the culture, At times, we even go to the extent of fighting evil tooth for tooth, and fist for fist. We think we can change every single thing by our own strength and efforts without recognizing the implicit danger of us being swindled away from God, as we start giving more importance to our cause than for God.
The first and foremost transformation that should take place is inside us. We should be regenerated in our spirits. Assurance of salvation is still a question mark for many. Once we are transformed, our renewed nature will force our family members to shift their thinking towards us, and thereby they will be transformed. This then permeates to the society and out to everywhere. People will be attracted to Christ through our actions, and by the way we portray Christ through our personal, family and professional lives.
If you are a slacker in your job, though you speak hours about Christ, nobody would care to listen. If you are not in good terms with your family members, none of your neighbors would be interested in our preaching and our efforts to proclaim Christ. This new year, I would request each of you reading this to give real importance to the following three points.
1. Are you really saved? Try to answer this question from the bottom of your heart. If you still continue to hold on to those secret sins, then you need to repent and come back to God
2. How is your relationship with your spouse and other family members? Is there somebody that you have hurt so much, that you need to apologize to them, or is there someone who has hurt and you need to forgive them?
3. What is your attitude towards your work? Do you treat your work as a blessing from God, and do everything as if doing for Him?
God is as interested in even the smallest of the things in our life to see if we are faithful to Him. If we fail in these small things, we can be sure that God is not interested in giving us higher responsibilities whether in ministry or in the secular world. Will we think and change this year?
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