A new year rings in. The tree comes down and memories of yet another Christmas get stored away along with boxes of decorations. Resolutions are made. Children file back to school. The house is cleaned. Bills are payed. Quiet spills in with winter sunlight. Another holiday season over. The only thing left to do is ask “what now?”
What will happen in 2013? What paths will your feet walk for the next 365 days? Whose heart will you touch? What choices will you make? Is there someone’s eyes you will look into and ask forgiveness? Is this the year you will launch a career, walk down the isle, watch your son fly from the nest, pen a novel, grow a garden, slow down from chasing something, get off the couch and live boldly, hold a newborn in your arms, move somewhere new?
Every morning when you wake, hundreds of decisions get put into motion. Maybe you think none of them amount to very much, but then again maybe every decision is a choice that can have an impact on the kingdom for all eternity.
Thank God for the year that has passed. Ask Him to guide your path in the days to come. Put your worries at His feet. Thank Him for all He has done and watch as your question “What now?” becomes a beautiful picture of what His timing and your trust in His authority over your life can bring.
Philippians 4:6 Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
