Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. – Psalm 37:7
Having just returned from a trip up north and venturing through an ice storm that left several vehicles off the road in ditches, I come to you this morning with a message for our daily lives and especially our lives as we approach a new year.
As I drove through this ice storm and witnessed what happened to those that were in a hurry, my focus began on "Slowing Down". As I idled down the interstate and as Lynne prayed and white knuckled the door handle, I began to think about how we all enter every new year.
At this time of the year, we rush into making New Years resolutions in haste and we beat ourselves up when we fail to live up to our resolution expectations, or when we see others succeed where we have failed. Beloved, my prayer for you this day is that you pray and slow down before God before considering plans for your life and the new year.
Just as those drivers that went into the ditch when driving to fast in an ice storm, we to can enter a spiritual ditch when we move to fast without slowing down to take God along with us. God has a plan for all of our lives and each plan may be different for different people, may you be still and wait for God's word and call for your own life direction. By doing this you will stay on the road of life and faith, while others venture to places without God and ask themselves: "Why"?
Beloved, slow down, breath and pray and take the Lord into the new year with you. You will be glad that you did.
Blessings and Peace
Pastor Tim.
