When you’re a teacher, you celebrate “New Year’s” in August (since January doesn’t bring nearly the same amount of change). With that in mind, it’s time to look ahead and think about what I hope to accomplish this year. Last year, I made a series of New Year’s Resolutions about this time. If I do say so myself, I did a decent job of keeping most of them. So, as a new school year approaches, I’ve been thinking about what needs to be on my new list of resolutions, and I have come to this conclusion…I don’t need a list this year. I am in the middle of learning about how it’s not my job to plan out my life and that I’m not the one in control. So, instead of listing resolutions this year, I’m committing to pray that this will be an Ephesians 3:20 kind of year. Instead of focusing on what I want to do and accomplish, I want my focus this year to be on what God wants to do. I want to expect Him “to do immeasurably more than I can ask or imagine” in every area of my life…my job, my students, my relationships, my church, my family, my heart. I want to expect Him to blow me away with what He wants to do in me, through me, and around me. And like the end of the verse says, I want to claim “His power that is at work within [me]” and to realize that that power is limitless. God gives me that power to accomplish everything He has called me to.
So, where will I be next year at this time? No clue…but I’m going to spend this year focused on trusting God to take me to the exact spot where I can best serve Him and bring Him the most glory.
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