Bagong taon na naman. Bagong yugto at sariwa ang pananaw sa buhay. Bagong damit, bagong haircut, bagong style, bagong trabaho, bagong boyfriend (o girlfriend), at bagong “New Year’s Resolution.” Lahat bago.
Pero ang tanong, bago ba ang buhay mo? Walang silbi ang lahat ng bago sa Bagong Taon kung ang buhay mo ay inaangkin mo pa rin na iyo at ikaw ang nasusunod. Ang tanging paraan para masabi mo na talagang bago ang iyong buhay sa 2015 ay kung ang buhay mo ay surrendered kay Lord. Ang ibig sabihin nito ay lahat ng aspeto ng buhay mo ay sumusunod sa kung ano ang nais Niya: sa pag-iisip, pagsasalita, pagkilos, pagdedesisyon, pakikitungo sa mga tao, at lahat ng maaaring magawa ng bawat parte ng iyong pagkatao. (At malalaman mo lahat ng nais Niya sa buhay mo if nagbabasa ka ng Bible)
Maaaring sa 2014 ay marami kang nabigong goals sa buhay: walang trabaho, walang karelasyon, walang direksyon, etc. At malamang sa 2015 gusto mo ma-achieve ang mga bagay na ito so susubok ka uli ng susubok. Maaaring maging successful ka sa mga ito ngayong 2015 pero hindi New Year’s Resolution o mga bagong bagay ang kailangan mo para masabing bago ang buhay mo. You need Jesus Christ.
Lahat ng kamalian at kakulangan natin sa buhay ay hindi mapupunuan ng kahit sino o kahit ano. If we understand that we are nothing without Jesus and we cry out for him to change us and make us new, He will surely answer as he had answered before:
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.
I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.
Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations.
It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
~Ezekiel 36:25-32 (ESV)
