“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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