The Irresistible Future

I love the thought of a new year. For me it represents the opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start anew. Maybe I like the thought of New Year so much because I am in much need of a fresh start every year!

There have been some years that I have been overly delighted to bid goodbye. Others I would have liked to have extended. Either way, Oswald Chambers catches a great stance as we begin this year in My Utmost For His Highest:

Our yesterdays present irreparable things to us; it is true we have lost opportunities which will never return, but God can transform this destructive anxiety into a constructive thoughtfulness for the future. Let the past sleep, but let it sleep on the bosom of Christ. Leave the irreparable past in His hands, and step out into the irresistible future with Him.

I pray that we will view this New Year as our opportunity to step into an irresistible future with our Lord Jesus Christ. An important part of this year will be regional prayer meetings for spiritual awakening. Spiritual awakening must not be acknowledged merely as the theme of our recent annual meeting but as the heart cry of our soul. The days are desperate, and the desperation of our days must be matched by the intensity of our prayers. Some of these gatherings will occur in January with others to follow. When we come to your area, clear the calendar and invite everyone in your sphere of influence to attend.

Brothers and sisters, if we as leaders in our state do not come together in these trying days to pray, then who will? And if this is not the time, then when will the time come? We are the people, and this is the time. Let’s step out into God’s irresistible future praying together for spiritual awakening.