01 - Jan

The point is that we need a morning by morning engagement with the Father so we can be on the same page with what Heaven is doing each day.

Unless you confront your fear headlong, you risk missing out on certain assignments that God may have in store for you.

The focus of our meditation yesterday was grace. We summed it up as the various help that God brings our way. What we need to add is that grace answers to prayer. Those who pray set the stage to receive divine help.

If lack of help will lead to disgrace, then it is sound to say that help equals to grace. Whenever you receive help in any area of life, know that the grace of God has answered to you.

He wondered who would want to build a tower without first sitting down to count the cost and determine if he had what is required to finish it. What this implies is planning.

You need to have one or two persons looking over your shoulder who will keep giving you the push needed. Having a mentor can be a catalyst for optimum performance.

You can never make any headway in a thing you do not give yourself to – and this includes relationships, calling, and vocation. What you give yourself to is what ultimately responds to you.

Going into a thing without God’s clear word will amount to groping in the dark. There is no surer recipe for stumbling than working in the dark. In addition, when what you are doing runs into a storm, you will be able to calm it if you got a word at the beginning.

The last two meditations dealt with reset and restart respectively. These two will still be inadequate to deliver on the promise of a better year without this: Refocus. Seriously, more people fail due to divergent pursuits.

The second important factor for a better year is RESTART. Whenever we are called to restart, it is a call to either fix what went wrong on previous occasions or make some additions in order to have better outcomes.