"Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God...for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new...it is done!" -Revelation 21:3, 4b, 5a, 6a AMP
The New Year means an everlasting farewell to the Old Year. We may not relive the "old" but we may, by God's help, redeem the "new".
We face the New Year in the joy of new possibilities, and in the settled purpose to redeem the time. The first day of January always seems radiant with glory, calling us to new undertakings and accomplishments.
For the moment we pause and look into God's great coming new year, many say it will be a Year of Revival, which awaits this sad, sin-stricken earth. Do we perceive the hope this New Year heralds? If we face this New year with joy, how much more do we face with joy what the Lord holds for us in it?
"We will be glad and rejoice in Thee. We will not open the gates of the year to the dolorous notes of the sackbut, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy. 'O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise unto the rock of our salvation." What heavens are laid up in Jesus! What rivers of infinite bliss have their source, ay, and every drop of their fullness in Him! Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, Thou art the present portion of Thy people, favor us this year with such a sense of Thy preciousness, that from its first to its last day, we may be glad and rejoice in Thee." -Rev. C. H. Spurgeon
"A new heart will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart of flesh and I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them." -Ezekiel 36:26-27 AMP
