CELEBRATION AND UNCERTAINTY!

Saturday, December 29, 2018

CELEBRATION AND UNCERTAINTY!

Deut 28:67

67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

           I don’t celebrate New Year’s Eve like others do. The countdown in New York finds Australia already busy sweeping the trash from their streets. No, I mark the occasion with reflection and I ponder the prospects of the coming year.

           Our text describes the condition of a people who were blessed by a God they would not acknowledge nor honor. This brought curses upon them. If we read the context we see a long list of woes. Their children were cursed, their crops failed, they suffered mental and emotional instability, and their plans were disappointed. These were not accidents. These were messages from God.

           Perhaps our celebration should be replaced with a candlelight prayer vigil. A sigh of relief that one year is over and a new opportunity lays before us seems more reasonable than drinking, noise making, and debauchery.

Ps 32:8

8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Dear Lord, I do not know what this next year will bring except that it will bring me closer to you. AMEN