Thoughts for Life: What is a Resolution?

We often attempt to accomplish something in a halfhearted or haphazard way, without the focus, sincerity and seriousness necessary for reaching our goal. We make repeated attempts for reaching the goal but because our will power or resolve are weak, victory is never won.

We know our dreams and God given potential will never be realized if we remain slaves to our many bad habits, or bad attitude and mind sets, and life style, and we refuse to discipline ourselves and stretch ourselves and rise out of the pit of bondage into the glorious light of freedom.

To aid us in our fight for freedom and deliverance we have this thing we call resolve that we muster up to stand with us at the threshold of the new year and we hope will be strong until the promises we’ve made are fulfilled. But so often the resolve we supposedly possess and exemplify can hardly be called resolve because there is no correlation between that resolve we show and the dictionary’s definition.

To define resolve the dictionary uses words and phrases like, "having the mind made up"; "fixedness of purpose"; "boldly determined"; and "unshaken firmness." That hardly describes most who say they’ve made some new years resolution.

We wait until the new year to set our resolve and make our resolutions because we have a new year without any mistakes or failures lying fresh before us and we want to begin it with change. Besides, whose ever heard of a midyear resolution?

And then there are those who never make new year resolutions because they remain resolute, committed, focused, and disciplined every day all year long. Their hand is steady on the helm and their sails are full as they steadily cut across the sea of time.

If by some reason they get off the course they don’t wait until the new year rolls around to adjust but each day make whatever adjustments are necessary to stay on course.

We would actually be doing ourselves a favor if we first counted the cost for accomplishing anything that we set out to do, including some new years resolution. And then ask ourselves if we’re willing to pay the price in order to realize our goal?

If we know we won’t pay the price for success why kid ourselves and set out on what will surely end in failure?

So what is a resolution? It’s forgetting past failures and with our mind made up with fixedness of purpose, and bold determination, and unshaken firmness, and willingness to pay the price for success, commit ourselves to doing something we alone can do and seeing it through to the end.

Resolutions are kept, dreams and goals realized by those who are willing to sacrifice whatever they must to win the prize. Any resolutions that do not call in the use of the deeper elements of our being and their development are resolutions that aren’t worth making. The resolutions we make should stretch us, and change us, and help change our world."

"All great accomplishments are built upon the foundation of sacrifice." - Anon.

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Let's pray-

Father, we have to admit that we often fail to accomplish our goals,

simply because we are halfhearted about it, or aren't focus with

sincerity. We make repeated attempts, but don't gain the victory.

We understand that our dreams and potential are from You. Our

bad habits, bad attitudes, mind sets and life style hinder us when

we refuse to discipline ourselves to rise up out of the pit of bondage

into Your glorious light of freedom.

To aid us in our fight for freedom and deliverance, we turn to

resolving and standing strong in our hope that Your promises can be

fulfilled. This will call for our minds to be made up and determined

with unshaken firmness to make and follow through some resolutions.

Though a midyear resolution may not be popular, some of us are

determined to make them, and to be focused, committed and with

new discipline, to follow through every day all year long. Help us to

make adjustments when necessary to stay on course.

We ask sincerely for Your help to make the changes we need to

make with new resolutions, so as to realize the goals by sacrificing

whatever we must. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

Today’s quote:

~Dave Roper - "Lost in darkness? Grieving, fearful guilty, doubting, discouraged? Not

sure of God? The darkness is not dark to Him. Though unseen, He is at hand. He has

said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you' (Heb. 13:5).
Reach out your hand for His. He is there."

476-480 one-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted-

476- Ps. 96:9 "O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth."

477- Ps. 13:5 "But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation."

478- 1 Cor. 12:27 "Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular."

479- Ps. 119:2 "Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart."

480- Ps. 63:8 "My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me."

Our Ambassador to Israel, Michael David Evens' comments:

"Prayer is not just something for emergencies. God means for it to be a regular part
of our daily lives—a habit of talking to Him." [Michael David Evens]

Daniel 6:9-11

"Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Now when Daniel knew that

the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his

chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed,

and gave thanks before his God . . . Then these men assembled, and found Daniel

praying and making supplication before his God."

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