As you enter this new year it may be hard to see that it truly is new and you may even feel trapped in the yester-days and the yester-years. Your calendar feels backwards, with future dates already filled and re-filled with diary entries from the past.
Yet the Lord says over you ‘I am the God who creates the days. I am he who exists with time. I do not give you days without purpose nor do I give you time without fruit. Give me your minutes and I will add years to you, give me your seconds and I will multiply them with fruit. You are my child and I will cause you to prosper; you are my gift and I will cause you to bless and to be blessed. I created you by design, lifting you out of obscurity into abundance and now you have the path of plenty for I am the light of life.’
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.