Gate of the Year
“I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year
‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’
And he replied,
‘Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way!’”
M.L.Harkins
Isn’t this a wonderful quote? I understand that the king of England used it to speak to his people at the onset of WWII. I can’t imagine any more effective words that could be used at the beginning of any endeavor, any year, any life circumstance.
I encourage you this week to challenge yourself spiritually to do whatever it takes to make sure that your hand is in the hand of God. If there is anything that you hold back from Him, any part of yourself that you have not been willing to surrender, let this be the time that you, by the act of your will, CHOOSE to look to Him with true abandon. Let Him be to you “better than light and safer than a known way.”
Commit to God today that, this year, you will do whatever it takes to find yourself in a closer relationship with God you have ever known. If this is your true desire, He will honor it and His Spirit will draw you closer as you spend time with Him in His Word and in prayer.
“Faith sees that the creature was destined to find its rest nowhere but in the Creator, and that in the entire surrender to Him, to His will and His working, it may have perfect rest, daring to cast itself upon God, and have no care.” Andrew Murray (emphasis mine)
