Every seven years it happens. Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Sunday. So…let me be the first to wish you a Happy 2023.
I started a week later than planned on my Christmas series because I was doing a series on the Feasts of the OT and had to wait a week due to having a guest speaker. So that put me behind for the 4-week series I had planned. Rather than cut it short, I decided to run it into the new year and simply take up the first Sunday with the final one. I’ve called it The Unexpected Dawn as part of my Expect the Unexpected series.
What will 2023 bring? Of course, no one really knows. Only God does and He isn’t telling!! 🙂 There are certain things I am sure of though.
God is Present.
God is Sovereign.
God is Omniscient.
God is the One who is ultimately in control.
We often hear people going into a new year making all sorts of resolutions. I stopped doing that years ago. I know me. I know I will break them quickly and then feel shame. So I stopped making resolutions and started asking God what He wants me to do for Him this coming year. One way that has helped me is it has given me an “eye” for is seeing God work in ways I never dreamed of. It has also helped me to realize that “tomorrow will be a better day.”
The dawn of the coming of Messiah was something prophets predicted and people waited for. That day finally came and sadly, many were not looking, ready for it, or denying it was here. There was a group of people who didn’t have that feeling. They saw a star and chose to follow it. We know them as the magi or wise men. The gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh were a glimpse ahead of who and what this child would become.
He would usher in a new period, a new age, a new identity, a new message of good news for all people. 2023 lies ahead of us. What message will we carry? Please join us at 9 and 10:45, either in person or via live stream, to hear the final sermon for 2022 as we consider the Unexpected Dawn which the Savior will usher in.
Happy New Year 2023!!!
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