New Year, New Beginnings

New Year, New Beginnings

Did you know, for many people, New Years can be a time for New Beginnings? Isn’t that why people make New Year's resolutions? The problem is that our resolutions usually become New Years dissolutions, that is, eventually we go back to the way we were. Nothing changes!  

If you desire permanent change in your life, I have some GOOD news for you…you CAN have it! Understanding this very problem, the Apostle Paul shouts out from 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 

The Greek word for "new" implies not just a renovation but a radical transformation, a complete metamorphosis, a spiritual rebirth. In other words, the moment you believe in Jesus, instantly, you become an entirely new creation! Your past, with all of its blemishes, is completely erased and God the Holy Spirit comes to live inside you, awakening you and empowering you in your new life in Christ. Now you can embrace His words, His will, His ways, and His worship! Praise the Lord! 

Beloved, New Year's resolutions are nice, but they do not bring inner transformation, nor are they sustainable in and of themselves. If you desire permanent change in your life, you must turn from sin and unite yourself to Jesus Christ in believing faith and God will make you a new creation in Christ, old things passed away, all things becoming new! HALLELUJAH!  This New Year, let the past be past at last and make Jesus the last “New Beginnings” you will ever need!   

This is Laine Wilder for Carry the Light Ministries, bringing you Insights From an Elder.

by Laine Wilder

author of “Insights From an Elder” for

Carry the Light Ministries