Daily Devotional

-January 1, 2021-

Good morning happy Friday, Happy New Year,

-God Crowns The Year With His Goodness And Abundance-

“You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.”

(Psalm 65:11).

We all like a new start, with new opportunities, and new blessings; God delights to bless us more and more. Today is the first day of 2021. The old year is behind us, but just because the calendar has changed, we still have the same problems to deal with. This year though the vaccines for Covid-19 are being distributed so we have hope of returning to normal in the next few months. The one thing we are all looking forward to is returning to church.

God never changes and He takes care of us each day of each year. The title of Psalm 65 is “Praise to God for His Salvation And Providence.” David wrote this encouraging psalm. He praises God for spiritual blessings in verses 1-8 and earthly blessings in verses 9-13.

• You crown the year with Your goodness – Goodness is one of God’s wonderful attributes and He delights to shower His goodness upon us all year long. His goodness comes in the form of daily mercies and blessings. He blesses us spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, materially, and financially. The Lord is so good.

Psalm 65:4 says, “Blessed is the man You choose, and cause to approach You, that he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, of Your holy temple.” These things are ours now and will be for all eternity. To be saved and know the Lord as our personal Lord and Savior is so wonderful. We have the privilege to come before Him in prayer and speak directly to Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are also blessed to read the Word and let Him speak to us.

• And Your paths drip with abundance – When we walk in God’s paths, do His will, put Him first in our lives, and serve Him, we find our lives full of abundance. God desires that we abide in Him and bear much fruit for the kingdom of God. The Lord wants us to be successful in all we do.

Genesis 49:22-24 says, “Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over a wall. The archers have bitterly attacked him, shot at him and hated him. But his bow remained in strength, and his arms were made strong by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel).” Joseph was fruitful in the midst of severe trials and adversity.

Let us look forward to this New Year with its blessings and trials. God shows us goodness and abundance. He wants us to be fruitful, fervent, and faithful for Him this year. We look forward to all that God has for us. He crowns our year with His goodness and His paths drip with abundance.

The hymn writer Frances Havergal wrote, “Another year is dawning! Dear Father let it be. In working or in waiting, another year with Thee; Another year of leaning upon Thy loving breast; Another year of trusting, of quiet, happy rest. Another year of mercies, of faithfulness and grace; Another year of gladness in the shining of Thy face; Another year of progress, another year of praise; Another year of proving Thy presence all the days. Another year of service, of witness for Thy love; Another year of training for holier work above. Another year is dawning! Dear Father, let it be, on earth or else in heaven, another year for Thee.”

Have a blessed first day of the year living for and serving the Lord. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean