We have come to the final day of the year, a year I hope you have filled with the wisdom of God. I hope you will continue to consume and embrace God’s words of wisdom each day.
New Year’s resolutions are going out of style. Very few resolutions are made with lasting resolve. Jesus would offer us a resolution that will never change, and a resolution he will make possible.
This new year will hold its own joys, its own challenges, and its own opportunities. Jesus was preaching his Sermon on the Mount when he gave some great advice for every December thirty-first of our lives.
Jesus said, “Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” (Matthew 6:25). The Lord knows every moment of the coming year and all that you will face personally. He knows all our culture will face as a nation. He knows all that our friends and family members will face. Jesus knows and told us, “Do not be anxious about your life.” God has you in the palm of his hand and you are forever fine.
When Jesus had finished commanding his disciples to “not be anxious,” he taught them how to focus on something besides their concerns. He said, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
There is only one resolution you need to make for the new year. Resolve to make Jesus your king and all your focus to be on his righteousness. Resolve to be right with Jesus this year and everything else “will be added to you.” Jesus taught his disciples how to live in a close, personal relationship with him. Their lessons are our lessons today.
I pray Wisdom Matters has served to fill your life with the wisdom of God and the insight of how his wisdom can change your life.
Wisdom is understanding that the gift of Jesus is our treasure. God’s wisdom is found in God’s Son, his Spirit, and in the words of Scripture. Continue to gain God’s wisdom. In a culture of abundant information, his wisdom matters.