Monday, December 31, 2018

Now the Year Is Over by David Jeremiah

Monday, December 31
Now the Year Is Over
  
For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 23:18
  
In his song, “1999,” the late superstar Prince sang, “Life is just a party and parties weren’t meant to last.” As we know, Prince’s party didn’t last. He died of a drug overdose in 2016 at age 57. Tonight millions of people will be partying as the old year draws to a close. The beginning of a new year is certainly worth celebrating, but it’s also a time to remind ourselves that life isn’t simply a party—it’s a calling and commission from God. The brevity of life only reinforces the need for each day to be dedicated to knowing and doing the will of God.

Recommended Reading: Proverbs 23:17-19
  
Compare Prince’s song to this old English hymn by Emily Elliott:

Every day He sends us
He Himself prepares;
He Himself attends us
Through its joys and cares;
His true love beseeching,
Let us, then, draw near;
Seeking guidance, teaching,
For the opening year.

Now the year is over, let us braver stand, / Seeking to discover His—our Father’s--hand.
Emily Elliott

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