Ezekiel 34:26[AMP] “I will make them and the places around My hill (Jerusalem, Zion) a blessing. And I will make showers come down in their season; there will be [abundant] showers of blessing (divine favor).”

DAILY READING; Acts 17:1-15; Judges 6; Job 36

It is a New Year!
To God be all the glory!
While Christians go to Church to commit the New Year to God, it is interesting to note how different societies attempt to ensure a successful New Year by following certain traditions.
For example, on New Year’s Day people in Japan eat fish which are able to swim against strong currents, believing that this will enable them to overcome strong currents of problems in the coming months.
In Greece it’s tradition to hang an onion outside the door on New Year’s day because it is believed to symbolize fertility and growth.
In Italy, it’s considered good luck to be wearing red undergarments on New Year’s day,, because a bright color means a bright future ahead.
In Denmark, it is tradition to break plates and cups, because they believe that the more broken kitchenware you accumulate on your door step, the better off you’ll be.
People in Hungary eat roast pig, believing that this will bring them good fortune and health in the coming year.
In America a lot of people eat black-eyed peas and greens on New Year’s Day in an attempt to ensure a year of health and wealth.

These traditions show that people are desirous to ensure their new year is successful.
Indeed we all desire to improve our lives with each New Year. But the question is; how can we successfully achieve that. Each one of us starts the new year with the same number of opportunities—365 days—that we can choose to either use well or allow to waste.
Wasted life is really nothing more than a collection of wasted days. We must therefore decide to make the most of the days before us.
Every year offers us a chance at a new beginning and offers us new hope. However, we must understand that without the Lord, 2023 will just be another year, with failed goals and unkept resolutions.
While God has blessings and bountiful goodness for His people, we must walk in His path throughout this year, because Psalms 65:11 says His paths drop fatness.
It is the paths of the Lord that drips with fatness—not ours. While many people may be starting off the year with their own plans of pursuing wealth, comfort, and advancement, those paths have no guarantee of success.
The path of the Lord is the only one that will shines more and more and guarantees success and security.
As we are willing and obedient, to His Word, God ensures we will eat the good of the land.
When we obey Him we will spend our days in prosperity.
Therefore to ensure we have a successful year, we must be willing to walk in close fellowship with God every day.
God says in Ezekiel 34:26[AMP] I will make them and the places around My hill (Jerusalem, Zion) a blessing. And I will make showers come down in their season; there will be [abundant] showers of blessing (divine favor).
The places around God’s habitation has showers of blessing and goodness; so when we stay close to God each day of this year, we will experience abundant blessings, because in His Presence is fullness of joy; and at His right hand there are pleasures for evermore”[ Psalm 16:11]

PRAYER: Father, I thank You for this new year and new season of life. Please help me to pay the required spiritual price so as to align with Your plans for me this year so that I can experience the blessings You have ordained for in Jesus Name.
QUOTE :
To get into the next level of your life, God will always give a specific instruction. – WORDBITE 222.

Shalom!

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