Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the Lord’s anger.

How do you go about saying sorry to God? Do you act like a naughty child and mumble sorry, run off and do it all again, or do you actually mean it?

It is hard to mean it when we have been doing things wrong and we know it. It is hard to humble ourselves. It is hard to stop!

But when we do come to Him with true repentance we can be sure He will see it and make a difference. Just as adults know the difference between a child saying sorry because they have to and one saying sorry because they mean it – so does God!

1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore!

When we see just how much God has done in our past and in the history from our Bibles, we should be in awe of all He can do.

This should make us want to seek out His strength, praying for it, asking for it and trusting He will deliver when we do pray.

Looking toward God and not toward this earth will give us more hope than the world can give us.

God’s ways are not limited to the ways of the earth which means our hope is not limited to what can be found here on earth alone.

Isaiah 43:18 Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old.

What has your year been like? Good, bad, ugly? Whatever has happened has happened and is now in the past.

Let us join forces and move forward with God this year as we look forward to all He can accomplish with us.

I may go around wearing a T-shirt that says “I can do all things through Christ…” but there are times when I beg to see how!

God is faithful and He will continue to allow us to bring glory to His name as long as we are willing to step forward and be counted!