January 1 has come and gone and many of us have set goals and casted visions for our 2016, but what if this year it was a little bit different. Yes, I do hope you have a “Happy New Year”, but more importantly I hope this year your life produces fulfillment and peace; and not just for yourself, but for others as well.
Peace and fulfillment are things that we can achieve every day. Jesus came to give us “life in all its fullness (John 10:10),” but many times the reality of life looks very different. We give up on our new start with the first bad, sad, or stressful day that we have and we say, “Well, I’ll try again next year.” The Apostle Paul had some great years because he learned how to be content and at peace in all his circumstances (Philippians 4). When he declared “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”, it was probably more like a whisper to himself after he had a long, bad day. Paul was saying, ‘I can be at peace and content in all things because my fulfillment is grounded in who I am in Christ, not in how my day, week, month or year went.
So how can we find peace and contentment in all things in 2016? I think there are five ways: Read more…