I have not be one for new years resolutions, I haven’t really made thought of actually doing anything about changing my life at the beginning of a new year. To me it has always seemed like another marketing plot to get me to spend money… when they don’t have to do anything special to get my money, I generally am a “Cheerful Shopper.”
Recently though I have been challenging my own life, and how I live; and I soon realized that if I am wanting to achieve certain goals in my life, I am going to have to do something about it sooner rather then later. To be 100% honest with you, most years I constantly think about that but just dismiss it with a lazy day watching TV and eating Pizza (which is NOT the way forward). But, this August I will be getting married to the most amazing woman I know! She is my best friend and I am madly in love with her! One of the things that has been going through my mind recently is that I am going to be a HoH (Head of household) for the rest of my life…! That is a huge things for me… I am no longer only going to be responsible for my actions and how I live, but now I am going to have a wife, my partner for life, someone who God has commanded me to help cultivate into the woman that He has created her to be. That is a huge pressure! It freaks the *blank* out of me…
So this year, 2010, I have made a few decisions. I am going to have to start doing things different. For instance, I need to know my bible, I need to understand God’s will and know what the bible has called me to be not only as a man, but as a husband. Thus, I have started a yearly plan to read my bible completely! I have made that choice 5 times in my past and done it twice. So This is my sixth attempt and will be my third victory!
One of today’s readings was of Psalms 11, and in verse seven is says this, “For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.” As soon as I read that my spirit jumped. I knew that I wanted to be behold His face. Righteousness is something that I have been studying in the bible the past 6 months, it keeps on coming up in my mind, and God keeps on speaking to me about it; and yes, I can take a hint! I know that God has called me and my wife to live a life chasing after God, and seeking His Face.
I also wanted to say a huge and massive thanks to a few men of God that have kicked my but into becoming a man. John Piper, Matt Chandler, & Mark Driscoll have been a huge influence in my life this past year and have helped me stay on the straight and narrow. Those men, along with proud say long list of others have helped me along the way and will continue to.
So, if you are like me, and New years is just another holiday that you get and nothing more, start planning for your future, take a look and see what you may want to do, to become, where you are wanting to go, and see if there is any area where you can help yourself accomplish that. Also, get a friend to keep you to your decisions… Actually mean what you say, I have just started to take that serious and I have noticed a huge difference in my joyfulness and peace already!
