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January 01, 2007

Suggested Scripture Reading: II Peter 3:11-14

A Brand New Year

"Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore."
Joshua 3:4

We stand on the threshold of a brand new year. We cannot see one step ahead. We know nothing of what lies before us. It is to us a new, a strange, an unknown path. Will we see another year? Will Jesus come this year? Will death strike our home? Will war break out again? From the signs round about us we may ominously expect many unwelcome surprises, for we have not passed this way before. We enter upon a path unknown. We would be filled with fear were it not for the promises of God. What a glorious privilege to be assured that God knows every step of the way and has made provision for us. How wonderful, as we stand at the beginning of this period of time to know that we have a Captain and a Guide who knows the way and has planned it all ahead for us. And so we rest upon His promises. Here are a few of them:

"Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world" (Acts 15:18).

"Lo, I am with you always" (Matt. 28:20).

"As thy days, so shall thy strength be" (Deut. 33:25).

"But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold" (Job 23:10).

He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6).

We have not passed this way before, but He knows the way. Only follow! Let Him guide, and it will indeed be a Happy New Year!

MRD

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