New Year’s Wishes

This is often the time of year for resolutions and dreams and wishes. Brett Younger tells this story in Who Moved My Pulpit?:

I was at a convention eating lunch with six other pastors when one said, “We’re far from home. We’re all friends. What would you be if you could be something else?”

We looked around to see if we were among friends. A weary colleague began, “When I was in college I wanted to be an architect, but I didn’t think that I could do the math. Some days I think that I was smart enough after all.”

A second minister said, “My favorite part of being a pastor is visiting sick people. Every time I walk into a hospital I wish I was a doctor.”

Another offered, “When I read a book by Philip Yancey, I think, ‘That’s the life.’ The only thing that keeps me from being a writer is a complete lack of talent.”

Someone wistfully said, “I dream of being a pastor, but I always dream of being the pastor of some other church.”

“I just want to be a rich church member who calls the pastor on Monday to complain.”

Every now and then we all wish for something else.

What are you wishing? What will you do about it? More importantly, what does God have to do with it?

The One who is, who was, and is to come—the Alpha and the Omega—the Author and the Finisher of our faith—Jesus called us to let Him set the agenda as Lord and King of our lives, our future, and our world:

Seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33)

May this be the year in which you allow Him to set the agenda!

I’m proud to be your pastor,

Jerry