With the turn of the year comes the expectation that the old will give way to the new, and with that the idea that life emerges from death. We were down with the crowds in the park just after midnight on the 31st December as the fireworks lit up the night sky. It’s funny how people get excited about the countdown, and the popping of champagne corks - as though we could somehow banish the ghosts of 2010, the disappointments and failures, and start off the New year with a clean sheet. Of course it doesn’t happen like that, as anyone who has ever tried to keep New Year’s resolutions would know.
But there is something of a truth in the principle that the old needs to pass in order for the new to come forth. The seed falls into the ground and dies in order for the new life to spring up. The removal of the one allows the other to emerge and blossom. Joshua was aIready actively involved in leadership as the assistant of Moses, but it wasn’t until the death of Moses, that we find him coming into his own. “Moses my servant is dead. Now then .. get ready, with all this people, ... to GO.... And Be strong and ver courageous ... for , as I was with Moses, so shall I be with you.” (from Joshua Chapter 1)
2010 has died. And in these misty cold first days of January, fresh opportunities are springing up, the potential for new relationships is taking root, and there’s a whole year ahead in which to discover God, in which to serve Him and lead others, in which to express and declare and tell out the wonders and glory of Christ.
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