Any Day Can Be New Year's Day

My friend, Jeff Jenkins, posted something today that brought a verse to mind. He said, "It's not just the beginning of every New Year that we can have a fresh start, it's the beginning of every day! Every new day is God’s invitation to a start all over again."

In Exodus 12, before Israel had been delivered from Egypt, God spoke to them and said, "This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.” Exodus 12:2 (ESV)

Regardless of your circumstances, even while you are still in the middle of the problem, your life can be changed. Any day is an opportunity to begin a new life, get a fresh start, begin to live, maybe for the very first time!

Never consider your life over. I have several friends fighting for their life against disease. Today could be the day that God speaks a new beginning for them. Even if you're not facing something this dire or dramatic, it still matters to God. He wants you to have the life Jesus bought for you through His sacrifice on the cross. In John 10:10 Jesus said, "I came to give you abundant life." Abundant means, "The God kind of life." The life He gives exceeds anything you could imagine.

Be willing to allow God to change your circumstances. Like Israel in Egypt, they had to believe what God said to them and act on it. The result was freedom for centuries of captivity.

A new day. What a concept. Literally, a new beginning.