Enjoy each day of this New Year (1)

2023-01-01
Psalm 118:24 CEV

Each day is a gift from God. Next to your salvation, today is the most valuable gift you will ever receive. When you receive a gift, what do you do? Thank the giver, unwrap it, and enjoy it. Getting the idea?

One Bible teacher writes: “I make an effort to focus on and enjoy every moment of my life, but doing so has been a long and difficult journey for me… I am a planner, and if I am not careful, I find myself planning the next thing while doing the current thing, which of course steals the present moment from me. Although being focused is a good thing, I can also easily get so focused on my work that I fail to enjoy the magic of the moment. For example, I was usually working while my children were little and found it difficult to even take a moment to stop and enjoy the cute things they said or did. I missed many of those moments and will never get them back. We should celebrate life and the people God has placed in our path. Life is to be enjoyed, not dreaded or regretted.”

Solomon wrote: “There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and make himself enjoy good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God” (Ecclesiastes 2:24 AMPC). Note these two phrases: (1) “From the hand of God.” That means it’s God’s will for you to enjoy every day. (2) “Make himself enjoy good.” That means you must look for things to celebrate each day. And you can start doing this – today!

Soul food: Rom 13:12-14:19; John 1:1-14

Geniet elke dag van hierdie Nuwe Jaar (1)


Psalm 118:24 NLV

Elke dag is ‘n gawe van God. Naas jou verlossing, is vandag die kosbaarste geskenk wat jy ooit sal ontvang. Wat doen jy wanneer jy ‘n geskenk ontvang? Jy bedank die gewer, maak dit oop en geniet dit.

Een Bybelonderwyser skryf: ‘Ek doen moeite om op elke oomblik van my lewe te fokus en dit te geniet, maar dit was ‘n lang en moeilike reis om by hierdie punt uit te kom. Ek is ‘n beplanner en as ek nie versigtig is nie, begin ek al die volgende ding beplan terwyl ek nog met die huidige een besig is. Ek raak maklik so gefokus op my werk dat ek nie die wonder van die oomblik geniet nie. Ek het byvoorbeeld gewoonlik gewerk terwyl my kinders klein was en het dit moeilik gevind om selfs ‘n oomblik te neem om die oulike dingetjies wat hulle gesê of gedoen het te geniet. Ek het baie van daardie oomblikke misgeloop en sal dit nooit terugkry nie. Ons moet die lewe en die mense wat God op ons pad geplaas het, vier. Die lewe is daar om geniet te word, nie om gevrees te word of oor spyt te wees nie.

Salomo het geskryf: ‘Daar is vir die mens niks goeds behalwe dat hy kan eet en drink en ten spyte van sy arbeid nog die goeie kan geniet nie. Ek het besef dit is ‘n gawe wat uit God se hand kom’ (Prediker 2:24 NLV). Let die volgende twee frases op: 1) ‘uit God se hand.’ Dit beteken dat dit God se wil vir jou is om elke dag te geniet. 2) ‘die goeie kan geniet.’ Dit beteken dat jy elke dag op die uitkyk moet wees vir dinge om te vier. Begin dit vandag doen!

Sielskos: Rom 13:12-14:19; Joh 1:1-14