New Years Day is typically a time when people write down their resolutions to better themselves. The list of ideas runs long. For the past three years, I've participated in One Word. One Word is a way of working God's plan into your "resolutions". My word for this year is Transform. My word didn't come to me as wonderfully as it did last year. In fact, it came totally out of the blue and without any fanfare.
Romans 12:1 & 2 "Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God."
So, in writing down this word to make this year a year of transformations, I am essentially resolving to give up resolutions, and instead let God do His work in me. I am giving up on striving to please God through resolutions, but rather please Him by letting the Holy Spirit work through me. I am giving up on trying to make myself better, and in place, becoming more like Jesus in my walk with Him.
What this looks like for me is that instead of making a list to lose weight, save money, stay debt free, pray more, read more, and all the other good things we resolve to do at the beginning of the year, I will only choose to be transformed from the inside out. I will choose to focus solely on how God wants to transform me, like a caterpillar to a butterfly. He's waiting for me to do my part, because He's already done His part. I just need to participate in what He's already doing. For me, that looks like joining a local bible study and getting into His word daily, knowing His voice through His word.
Did you choose a word, or did a word choose you this year? Would you share what God is putting on your heart for the year?
