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The Pursuit of Peace in 2024!

The Pursuit of Peace in 2024!

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We made it! We have crossed over from 2023 into the year 2024. I am always excited to go from one year to the next. Being able to look back over the previous year, yet not knowing what this new year is going to bring.

This year I have determined to pursue peace. And I’m not just doing lip service. I know that because it really wasn’t my idea. God spoke it to me during one of my morning devotions, and He gave me scripture to back it up. Psalm 34:14 in part says, “Seek peace, and pursue it.” Here’s the thing…I didn’t really know what pursuing peace meant. How do you “pursue” peace? 

So I did what any good Christian would do. I googled it. One definition said that it means to actively chase after, to follow, or to seek out. But I liked the one that said peace is being at rest in Jesus. Pursuing peace is pursuing Jesus. That revelation just blew me away.

I know it’s not going to be easy, because once you actively pursue anything for God, the enemy comes in like a flood. But the Bible says in Isaiah 59:19 that when that happens “God will raise up a standard against him.” That means that whatever that thing is that’s trying to come against us gets God’s attention, and he will put up a barrier on our behalf. 

Look. I don’t know a lot of things, but I know the Bible says that “He will never leave me nor forsake me (Deut. 31:6). And that gives me all the strength I need.

Until next time…

Be blessed

God Will Do The Impossible

God Will Do The Impossible

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Wow. We are in the last month of the year. It seems like this year has gone by so quickly. And I don’t think it’s only me, but doesn’t it seem like the older you get the faster time is going?

That’s why it’s so important that we stop putting things off. We have to stop planning and start doing. I say that probably just for me, because I am a planner. The problem is that I usually end up planning my plan to death. I literally kill it before it can even get started. 

I think I have let fear lead way too long. The crazy thing is that it doesn’t feel like fear. I have even given it a name…procrastination. For some reason, that sounds better than fear to me. Procrastination sounds like eventually I will get around to it. Fear says that it most likely will never happen. And because I can’t bear to think that, I let myself believe that God has simply not gotten around to opening the right doors for me.

Ok, so now I’m blaming it on God…sigh. It’s a vicious circle. 

But, I’m feeling like this new year is going to bring new opportunities for me. God has already given me everything I need, and He’s even given me the people I need to help set things in motion. I know that God can make what looks impossible possible. All I have to do is let go, and take that first step. He has even given me scripture to back it up.

Isaiah 43:19 says, “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

I pray that if you are like me, and haven’t done the thing that God has been laying on your heart, and put in your hands to do; that you will join me in this new year and let 2024 be the year that God does the impossible for you.

Until next time…

Be blessed