I RESOLVE
RESOLUTIONS - they are statements that we as a WMF vote on each year at our annual conference. They are intended to guide each of us as individuals and as local WMFs, District WMFs, and the National WMF as we strive to serve the Lord and our church. (If you have not seen them, please contact our WMF Executive Secretary for a copy of the most recent ones passed at the annual conference in June, 2011.
Resolutions are also statements that we as individuals might make that are intended to spur us on to personal improvement – a renewed daily devotional time with Jesus, weight loss, reducing stress, creating an atmosphere in our homes that welcome those who enter its doors, or any number of things that we think we need to address in the New Year.
How long do those resolutions last? I would hope the resolutions that we vote on at the WMF convention are guidelines for our groups then and into the future. As we make these resolutions and vote on them it is so important that we have prayed and asked the Lord to lead us in these statements.
The personal resolutions probably last as long as we remember them – sometimes one day, sometimes a month, sometimes the whole year. I guess that depends upon how meaningful they are to us and how much effort we are willing to put into fulfilling them. Seeking to have a consistent, renewed daily quiet time with Jesus is one I hope you will commit to for the whole year. I know it’s easy to let our busy “schedules” get in the way, but what is more important than time with Jesus – the Saviour, the Redeemer, the Comforter, the Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, the Everlasting Father! He has provided us His Word as a love letter to us to help us to get to know Him better. He speaks to us through that Word and He wants us to come to Him in prayer letting Him know our deepest longings and needs.
The Scriptures can help us with our New Year’s resolutions. Please take a look at these verses and find in them guidance for you in the New Year. The texts are all taken from the Amplified Bible:
Psalm 143:10 - Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me into a level country and into the land of uprightness. May your gracious Spirit lead me forwardon a firm footing.
Matthew 6:34 - So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.
James 4:15 – You ought instead to say, If the Lord is willing, we shall live and we shall do this or that [thing].
Dear Father – Help us to seek to spend time with you each day. Help us to seek your will and your guidance in our lives. Help us always remember that you know what’s ahead. We do not need to worry or be anxious because you will take care of us. You will lead us forward on a firm footing as we trust in you. Thank you, Father, for your promises. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
