New Years bonfire

I spent most of the day cleaning out the barn and burning old unnecessary stuff. There is something healthy and rejuvenating about a New Years eve bonfire- out with the old ,in with the new! I find I cannot dream properly for the future whilst hanging on to the past. Heap the fuel high! Let er rip! Burn baby burn! The year is dying in the night, do not resuscitate it.Languish not at the burning flames of yesteryear's debris! Burn it to ashes, think on it no more; handle the old years nonsense but once on the way to the burn pile. Stretch out your arm full length to the flame; allow the exhausted year to warm you and dream of future joys. All that has transpired is for the best for in Christ ,"All things work for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose."Romans 8:28. Every loss,every victory, every mistake, every success will all be redeemed if we but submit the year to him. Old scores, old failure,old trophies, old burdens ; all in God's manifold wisdom fully redeemed and LEVERAGING an amazing future from the ashes.



But mark this.......His purpose is thwarted and faith forfeited at our resistance to let go of what we cannot hold on to. To hold onto the past is anti-faith! For faith anticipates that which is to be and must be received with an open hand not a tight fisted clutching of the relics of the past."Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.........I press on to take hold of that for which Christ took hold of me." Philippians 3 . So light a New Years fire, it may ignite your faith and get rid of a lot of baggage.