New Year's Resolution

A friend sent this as a verse to guide for 2007. Thought I would share it with you. Take some time to meditate upon it word by word/phrase by phrase:

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5

- TRUST in the Lord
- Trust in the LORD
- With ALL thine heart
- And lean NOT unto thine own understanding
- In ALL thy ways ACKNOWLEDGE Him
- HE WILL DIRECT THY PATHS

Yesterday I used an illustration in a sermon from an old song that I think also applies. The song, "Day By Day."

The words are simple -- "Oh Dear Lord, THREE things I pray. SEE thee more clearly----LOVE thee more dearly----FOLLOW thee more nearly." What a good New Year's Resolve----

It is my prayer that God's people will indeed SEE more clearly by spending time with God and in His Word; that we will be obedient to the command to Love God with all our hearts (and our neighbors as ourselves); and that we will strive to be "imitators of God" as commanded in Romans and be obedient to Christ when He said, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men."

If we will see more clearly--love more dearly---follow more nealry, there will be revival in the land for there would be a renewed church that is alive,vibrant, growing, and energized to BE the church that God has called us to be to this generation.