“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.” (Psalm 65:11-13)
Another year almost passed, a difficult year for many people, but God is still good. Perhaps it is during those tough times that we experience God’s goodness in a special way. A pandemic, inflation, and economic uncertainties make us look at things from a different perspective. I’m grateful for our team that has continued to focus on the task at hand, the mission to reach people with the message of hope. More than ever before, people need the good news of salvation, forgiveness, and deliverance.
At the end of one year and the beginning of a new year, people are always happy and hopeful—happy that a difficult year has passed, and hopeful that the new year would be better. Some preachers might even promise certain blessings would come true in certain years. However, God does not follow our calendar. Have you ever thought that there is no passing of time with God because God is outside time? We live in a linear-time world, but God sees all history from beginning to end in one wide shot.
I’m learning, the hard way I might say, to try to see things from God’s perspective. I tend to focus on my small corner of the world while God is prompting me to see the big picture. As we approach the new year, I pray for more wisdom and insight. We live at a unique junction of history, with many challenges. Everything is changing around us at a dizzying speed. Sometimes our instinctive reaction is to dig our heels in as an attempt to keep things the way they were—our comfort zone, so to speak. Meanwhile, God wants us to get out of the boat and, well, walk on the water!
“The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.” (Isaiah 58:11)
