I thought the following verses would be a good start to 2014. They are from 2 Chronicles written about King Josiah, who became king at the age of eight. I know there are a multiplicity of scriptures to use to start off a new year but this just happens to be what I'm teaching this week.
"He did right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of this father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left." Several years later, God said this about him, "Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you." And last but not least, "Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book."
So, in a nutshell: Do right in God's sight. Stay the course. Be tender-hearted and humble. Weep over sin. Walk hard after God to keep His Word with all your heart and soul. Perform the words. [I really like that: "PERFORM THE WORDS" (34:31)]
Happy New Year! May we grow in love with our Savior. May He become more and we become less. May we be fruitful, may we bear much fruit.
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