Turn Of The Year Hopes And Thoughts

[not an echo]

Hello all,

I would like for this to be and remain an edifying thread, for the glory of God and our Savior Jesus Christ.

In reflection, a turn of the year hope for me is that in the past year, I indeed have not been ambitious for me, but for God's Kingdom, for His Kingdom purposes.

I want from my perspective, for it to be all about Him.  For, sometimes, I perceive that from His perspective, it is all about us.  It's just the way love goes, and God is love (I Jn. 4:16).

When I think of me, I often think it is important for me to remember that I am a corrupted fallen creature.  Not an animal, "No!"  But rather, a human being, whose first parents were made in the likeness and image of Almighty God!  This is huge.  And now, we retain elements of what they were originally, but in a corrupted fallen condition.  We are made, like Seth, in the likeness and image of Adam---after the fall (Gen. 5:3).  Yet, we are still "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psa. 139:14)!

I have committed so many sins.  But, my problem and the problem of us all goes far deeper than the sins we commit, or the sins we may commit.  We need forgiveness for these, but we also need redemption.  Both are found through and in what God did for us through Jesus Christ and what He did for us by His shed blood on the cross at Calvary.

Whereas we were born into this world as a corrupted fallen creature, we can be born-again through Jesus Christ and have His righteousness imputed to us!  In accord with Paul's words, "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive" (I Cor. 15:22).  When we are in Christ, or rather, Christ is in us, grace reigns (Rom. 5:21).  And now, out of gratitude for what God has done for us through Jesus Christ, my desire is to live unto Him---To seek to accomplish His Kingdom purposes in me for His glory and honor.

There is nothing we can add to grace and it still be grace---except it be gratitude.  I want to live a life of genuine gratitude towards my Creator, God, Father, and Savior as this year closes and the new year dawns.

I want to experience Him and live unto Him to the fullest extent possible, not just according to my concept of things, but according to the reality of what the possibility is.

I hope all in the Worthy Christian Forum family have a Happy and Prosperous New Year---IN CHRIST JESUS!

 

"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,

so walk ye in Him:

Rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith,

as ye have been taught,

abounding therein with thanksgiving" (Col. 2:6-7).

[branchesofHim]

16 hours ago, not an echo said:

When I think of me, I often think it is important for me to remember that I am a corrupted fallen creature.

Good post! We "were" corrupted fallen creatures. But now we are now children of the Most High God through Christ Jesus!

Ephesians 4:[22] That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
[23] And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
[24] And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

16 hours ago, not an echo said:

Whereas we were born into this world as a corrupted fallen creature, we can be born-again through Jesus Christ and have His righteousness imputed to us! 

Amen and amen