Romans 8:28-30 KJV
28.And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.
29.For whom he foreknow, he also did predestined to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the first born among many brethren.
30.Moreover whom he did predestined, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Beloved of God, I just wanna take out time to thank God for seeing us through in the 31st day of December in year 2019.
Indeed it is the grace of God that has kept us thus far.
Having said this, i must confess that I don't know how your 2019 had been, and I can't tell if your dreams came true and things fell in place as you had wanted. Well, whatever may have been the case, I want you to be positive and hopeful. Never allow yourself to think or believe even for a second that God created and destined your life to suffer or go through pain.
Listen to me carefully, right from the day you give your life to Christ, something changed in your life. As a matter of fact, your destiny in God opened to a new level. You were no longer destined for doom or hell but an eternity with God in glory.
To portray this point, Paul wrote a letter to the brethren in Colossi in one of his epistles Col. 1:27
He said that Christ in us is the hope of Glory. What does this entail even as we cross over to a new year and millennium? Simple, it entails that we need Christ if we must succeed in 2020. It's not gonna be on how much you work hard but it would rather be on how much of Him you carry into 2020.
Our text further reveals that God predestined us to glory, and chose a path for how it would come to pass. It starts from your foreknowledge of God. No doubt God knew us even before we were born and he planned each day of our lives in detail. That detailed plan which God has for you is called predestination. That is why you and I have to fall back on God as our strong back born. Believe me, no one would help you succeed in your dreams, not your money, parents or careful planning. I've tried it before and it wasn't a pleasant experience.
You know, after God had finished the plan of our lives, he proceeds to call us which is through salvation and our repentance grants us the password to gaining this glory once Jesus is introduced into your life. You were called into salvation because you are a candidate for glory.
Should I tell you a secrete that the essence of God calling you into this glory which you'd experience in 2020 is simply so that you could go through the process of conformation to His image. That happens by disciplining yourself and ego. You must avoid saying or written down new year resolutions for 2020 as such had never worked in the previous years, hence I'm a bit skeptical if it would ever work this time in 2020.
What you need to do is to love the Lord because all things would work together for your good if only you'd love the Lord and depend totally on him for your supply, protection and provisions in 2020.
Now please get me right, I'm not saying that you won't face challenges neither I'm I saying that you should remained indoors to read your Bible and daily devotional simply because you want to show that love you love the lord. No, it doesn't work that way.
Just remember that faith without work is dead.
Same way, work without faith is not alive either. Selah