Zoe Fellowship. We made it through 2020. It’s a new year. 2021.
Honestly, despite the title, I have no idea what to expect. I was just telling my wife earlier today: while a new year feels special when the clock hits 12am January 1…it’s just another day for me. I guess my only expectation is that things will feel the same after a short time.
And that’s what it will probably feel like for many of us after a few days or weeks. Challenges tend to carry over. They don’t just disappear. Baggage tends to go with you wherever you travel.
However, followers of Christ are those who live by faith and not by sight.
What that means is is that while we may face a lot of the same challenges, we have the same God who is making all things new. When we live by faith, it means that we are trusting that God is working new things while we are working in mundane things. It means that God has purposes for sorrows that we can’t comprehend but we trust in God’s character that he makes all things work together for the good of those who are called and loved by him. It means that we believe that God is the giver of all good gifts and everything we find joy in are shadows that point to the substance creating the shade that we enjoy.
I don’t know what to expect for 2021. But I am going to do my best to sense beyond what my eyes see and ears hear and trust in a God who saves sinners like me by his grace is pruning me so that I can bear fruit for his glorious kingdom.
I hope you will join me.
Zoe Fellowship:
The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make his face to shine on you and be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Happy New Year!
Love,
Pastor Paul
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