You Haven’t Been This Way Before

“For you have not passed this way before.” Joshua 3:4

Happy New Year! You have probably heard that simple comment many times already today. But what does it mean? Isn’t everything just the same old same old as before? Not really. Have you ever lived this next year before? Do you know what will happen in this year? Probably not. It isn’t just same old same old. It is new. There will be new people and some new experiences. Every year brings something new.

In this New Year we will all need guidance because we haven’t been this way before. That was God’s instruction to Joshua as the Israelites prepared to enter the Promised Land. They were going to confront many new things and God wanted to make sure that they had their eyes focused on him as they did so. The ark of God went before them. It contained God’s Law, our rules to live by; and it contained the budded rod, our promises of an all-powerful God; and it contained a jar of manna; the constant provision of the caring God. In this New Year we have to remind ourselves daily that we need this awesome God to guide us. We need to remind ourselves that He is the God who has never failed. We need to stand back every day and take account that we are strangers in a strange land and that every moment we will need the all-knowing God to lead us.

Dear Father, as we enter this New Year, keep our minds sharp to remember that only You know how to lead and can lead us successfully. Amen. 

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