Planning for a New Year

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John 8:37 observes Jesus’ teaching making no progress among you. As we close out another year it is normal to assess the past imagesand to plan for the future.

In business we measure profit and loss, sales growth, market share and other indicators to discover our business progress. We are accountable to the market where failure means the end of our business and success means financial well-being for many.

God measures growth too, our personal growth in deed and character and the growth of His Kingdom both in its breadth and depth.

Should we be weighed, measured and found wanting by God we will be cast from His presence and those who love Him forever. Those who love God most and first demonstrating such commitment through the seeking of Him and the doing of His will can expect to receive His blessing and reward along with life with Him forever.

Jesus made His observation that His teaching was not progressing among a people who supposedly sought God but who were failing miserably at obeying God or acting like God.

Those who claim to be Christian should consider whether they are more like Jesus this year than last year, more engaged in His Word this year than last year, more productive in bringing people to Christ this year than last year. Those who do these things in an ever increasing measure are progressing but those who remain stagnant or regressing should be quite concerned.

The Lord Jesus knew we would struggle to keep His work first priority when He observed the workers are few but He commanded we pray to the Father in heaven to become laborers in His ripe field, a field that should bear ever more fruit.

A new year awaits, the mercies of God are new every morning, let us plan to make 2014 our most productive year ever.

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