As 2024 is almost here and we enter the new year with newness and uncertainty about what the year will bring, I encourage you to find a word or verse for 2024. This will help you stay rooted, guided, and grounded. While it’s important to have our word, we also need to learn to go with the flow and trust in God, knowing that He won’t lead us in the wrong direction.
Don’t let the challenges bring you down or steal your joy and peace. Instead, rise up by believing in God’s truth for your situation. God’s word gives you strength in your weakness, guides you when you’re unsure, and provides hope to keep moving forward. Our God is capable of doing anything for you.
When you feel overwhelmed, stand firm against the enemy that seeks to bring you down. Speak against every negative thought, mindset, and stronghold that tries to hold you back and hinders you. Remember Psalm 34:17-18 “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”
To be able to rise up you need to acknowledge and accept your situation. Spend some time thinking about the current and have a thorough understanding so that you can come about with the right approach and right solutions.
Get your next steps from GOD by praying and getting his strength, peace, wisdom and your word over your situation. Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.”
Know that no matter the outcome that GOD says in Jermiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
God is not done with you YET so let 2024 be a year for you to RISE up over every phase, and season that you are faced up with and come out that much for stronger, resilient, mature in your faith and a better version of yourself that the LORD can purpose greater accomplishments for HIS kingdom.
Happy New Year!
A Life Of Joy 