A New Year

Read Revelation 21:1–8

It's a new year, so what's going to make 2012 any different for you than 2011? Maybe 2011 was a great year for you and you were in an amazing place, in your relationship with God, with other believers and with those in the community where you live. And that's fantastic! But it's a new year, so how are we going to make 2012 better than last year?

I believe it comes with vision, with passion and with submission to Jesus. When I think of another new year I think of new opportunities, of promises God's given us in His word that inspire me and hopefully inspire you. One of these promises is found in Revelation 21:1-8.

Take a few minutes, read the passage and then meditate on these thoughts. God has promised that He is in the business of making all things new. There's a day coming when He will once again make His dwelling among us. And friends this is going to be forever, eternity! Jesus' first coming was amazing; imagine what this second coming is going to be like!!

When I think of another new year and all the new possibilities and the promises of God that are yet to come, it inspires me to one moment and one day at a time be encouraged that better is on its way; better because Jesus is on His way. And when that day comes, all things will be made new. Until that day comes, let's be people of God, living out the purposes and plans of God.