Food for Thought

New Year’s resolutions are so notorious for being broken that many of us don’t even bother to make them. After all, doesn’t our determination to lose weight, to get along with our co-workers, or (fill in the blank!) dissolve the minute temptation strikes?

The apostle Paul recognized that change does not happen by making resolutions to try harder. In fact, our nature is such that even when we do our best, we inevitably stumble and fall. This is because we are trying to change who we are in our own strength, rather than living out of our true identity in Christ. Real change must flow from our identity as the sons and daughters of God, who through Christ have been forgiven of our past sins and given the Holy Spirit to guide us into obedience.

(source: Peacemaker Ministries)