Understanding Your Divine Purpose
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.—Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
AS DECEMBER COMES to an end, take this blessed opportunity to begin fresh in the new year. Know that within every obstacle you face is the chance to learn and grow. Focus on God’s Word to sustain you through hardship and give you peace in troubled times.
Dear Lord, I pray for Your wisdom to help me make each day count as I focus on the days ahead.
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.—Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
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.—Proverbs 3:5–6 (NIV)
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.—Matthew 6:28–29 (NIV)