Thought For Today – December 31
Happy New Year!
Tonight, most likely, the wine and
liquor will flow like water. For many, the sacred vows of marriage
will be desecrated. It is likely that many illegitimate babies will
be conceived, only to be aborted later, because they are really the
unwanted accidents of a night of pleasure and sinful passion. The
highway will be crowded with drunks, carelessly taking the lives of
many innocent victims. Satan will have his heyday, for this is new
years eve, the beginning of another year of ungodliness and
selfishness for those who know not God, nor do not care to know him.
These are the lovers of pleasure. They love pleasure more than they
love God, choosing rather to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
How sad it is to look upon the
faces of these pleasure seeking revelers on the morning after, when
the fun is over! The so called friends have departed, and the filth
and confetti in the streets must be cleaned up. Depression in soul
and spirit begins to overcome the heart and soul of sinners when they
come to the realization that there is only pleasure in sin for a
season, but in the end, only sadness and destroyed lives.
Yet, more sad is the fact that
many so called Christians will be among this flock of revelers, with
their horns, and bottles, and banners, and noisemakers, not being
distinguishable as Christians from the rest of the ungodly, worldly
crowd, forgetting their covenant with God who has sacrificed his son
to save them.
What better thing could there be
for the Christian, the redeemed child of God by the blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ, than to begin the new year in fellowship with God's
people, in a place of worship, around the lord's table, remembering
the precious blood and sacrifice that was made for them?
As Joshua of old has said: “I
know not what course others may take, but as for me and my house, we
will serve the Lord.” To begin the new year we will be thanking
God for the past year's blessing and provision for us, and looking
forward to another year, if God wills, to remain in fellowship and
communion with him, and be faithful in his service.
This kind of new year's
celebration far surpasses anything that the ungodly world has to
offer with its' noise and tumult, rebellion, and noisemakers. God
says: “Be still and know that I am God.” Begin the new year
with respect for God and his word. Be thankful for your salvation.
Be ready and willing to serve him where ever he sends and whatever he
asks.
How about it, brother and sister
in Christ, what are you doing tonight? I would like to hear your
comments.
Thus ends our year of “Morning
Thoughts And Meditations”
May the Lord be with you during
the coming year, and may you abound with blessings!
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