Another year has passed into eternity; with its joys and
sorrows, with its fears and victories and with its hopes and disappointments.
Ecclesiastes 3:1, “to
everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” Verses
2-8 list 28 different events beginning with, “...a time to be born and a time to die...”
Not all these events will occur at the same time. As we
progress through life we will experience different events in our lives. Our age
and life experience have a direct bearing on many of these occurrences. Can you say with me, “God has been faithful?” In the ups and
downs of life in 2011 have you found God faithful?
Psalm 65:11 tells us, “You crown the year with Your goodness...” Has that been your experience? The Hebrew word for crown is atar.
The word not only means to crown something, but also has the thought of
surrounding or compassing the object. Our God surrounds the year with His
goodness!
Remember, as we commence the year 2012 that our God will
surround the year with His goodness. Ecclesiastes 2:11, “He has made everything beautiful in its
time...”
Romans 8:28 states, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love
God, to those who are the called according to his purpose.” Some of the
things that happen to us are not good in themselves, but they work together
with other things for our good. Sometimes we only realise this in hindsight.
Ephesians 5:20 tells us that we should be, “Giving thanks always for all things to God
the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
This can be a hard call when things are going wrong, or not
working out the way we like. However, that is part of the life of faith and God will
not allow us to pass through testings beyond our endurance.
1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but
God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able,
but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able
to bear it.”
The Greek word peirasmos
used for the word temptation does not just mean temptation to sin, but
also a trial or testing by God to prove our character, faith and holiness. God never tempts us to sin!
Remember God surrounds the year with His goodness!
Jon Peasey
[All Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version]
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