the coming year
Posted at 08:21 AM, Thursday, January 1, 2009
The Coming Year
by Oswald Chambers
As we go forth into the coming year,
let us go out with the patient power of knowing
that the God of Israel will go before us.
Our yesterdays hold broken and irreversible things for us.
It is true that we have lost opportunities that will never return,
but God can transform this destructive anxiety
into a constructive thoughtfulness for the future.
Let the past rest, but let it rest in the sweet embrace of Christ.
Leave the broken, irreversible past in His hands,
and step out into the invincible future with Him.
"...the Lord will go before you,
and the God of Israel will be your rear guard."
Isaiah 52:12